The girls and I had a great time today at the Jacksonville Zoo. Stephen traveled up to Jefferson for John Morgan (Kinney) and Bradlee's birthday party this morning. Mary Grace had her pictures for her first ballet recital this morning so we were not able to go. Jay and Laura called just as we were heading to the ballet pictures and asked if we wanted to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to the zoo. Of course, we did! It's only a 1/2 hour from our house so it was a quick trip down there.
The zoo is really beautiful. The only other one I have been to in recent memory is Zoo Atlanta. Jacksonville Zoo beat that by a mile! It's a botanical garden and zoo mixed together. The landscaping is absolutely beautiful. So lush and fragrant! We saw flamingos, crocodiles, whooping cranes (did you know there are only 480 of them left in the world?!), giraffes, rhinos, lots of monkeys, elephants, parrots, snakes, turtles, ducks, zebras, and kangaroos (much smaller than I though they'd be). We also spent about an hour playing in the "splash" park, kind of like Ariel's Grotto at Disney but on a grander scale; luckily, I had brought swim suits and a towel. We also rode the train.
Mary Grace's favorite part was the flamingos. Elsie loved the "shoo shoo shrain". My favorite was the kangaroos.
I'm going to post pictures as soon as I can find the cord to hook the camera up to the computer.
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