Our Anniversary, Part Two
After work we decided to head to the Nashville Zoo. It's a tradition. Every anniversary we have to go to some zoo, somewhere. On our honeymoon we went the the Little Rock Arkansas Zoo, on our first anniversary we went to the Knoxville Zoo, and for our second we went the the Nashville Zoo. We only had an hour until it closed, but we had a great time!
The Hyacinth Macaws at the entrance... I love their coloring!
We got to see our favorites! The giraffes and the elephants. YAY they have giraffes now!
The walk up to where the elephants and giraffes are is imprinted with all kinds of animal tracks. I like the ones that look like a racoon or something. Maybe someone with more knowledge of such things could correct me.
Follow Me...
This "little" guy was so cute! He just kept looking at Brad. It was so sad though. He was trying to reach a vine on the tree that was just out of his reach. They have some kind of mesh covering the lower half of the trunks, I'm assuming so they won't totally destroy the trees. But they are too little for them to put their feet on to get higher, so they can't reach a thing on those trees! He would try and try, and then hang his head down. He looked so depressed. They definitely need more space and lots more FOIL-AGE (yes, I know that's not how its pronounced but I say it that way anyway 'cause it annoys Brad!).
This is Hadari. She was really close and it was fun watching her eat. But it seemed like she was kind of favoring one of her back legs. Goodness, can't they take care of these animals properly?!?
We had a lot of fun, as I'm sure you can tell from these pictures:
Brad is such a goofball. But that's why I love him. :-)
The Hyacinth Macaws at the entrance... I love their coloring!
We got to see our favorites! The giraffes and the elephants. YAY they have giraffes now!
The walk up to where the elephants and giraffes are is imprinted with all kinds of animal tracks. I like the ones that look like a racoon or something. Maybe someone with more knowledge of such things could correct me.
Follow Me...
This "little" guy was so cute! He just kept looking at Brad. It was so sad though. He was trying to reach a vine on the tree that was just out of his reach. They have some kind of mesh covering the lower half of the trunks, I'm assuming so they won't totally destroy the trees. But they are too little for them to put their feet on to get higher, so they can't reach a thing on those trees! He would try and try, and then hang his head down. He looked so depressed. They definitely need more space and lots more FOIL-AGE (yes, I know that's not how its pronounced but I say it that way anyway 'cause it annoys Brad!).
This is Hadari. She was really close and it was fun watching her eat. But it seemed like she was kind of favoring one of her back legs. Goodness, can't they take care of these animals properly?!?
We had a lot of fun, as I'm sure you can tell from these pictures:
Brad is such a goofball. But that's why I love him. :-)
posted by Rachel at
10:59 AM
5 Comments:
testing, testing, one two three...
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Rachel, at 6/09/2006 3:36 PM
What a goob!! haha!
Did you not get to see the giraffes last time you were there??
I have never seen the elephants out that close! KEWL!
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wemmies, at 6/10/2006 1:37 AM
RACH DO YOU REMEMBER HOW WE WOULD GO TO THE SPRINGFIELD ZOO EVERY WEDNESDAY? YOU ALMOST GOT TO RIDE AN BIG ELEPHANT THERE BUT I WAS TO AFRAID TO LET YOU
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♥ Vikki Dreams♥, at 6/10/2006 12:50 PM
AND BY THE WAY....BRAD PLEAZE STAY OUT OF THE BUSHES KIDDO ! NO TELLING WHAT COULD BE HIDING IN THERE !!!
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♥ Vikki Dreams♥, at 6/10/2006 12:51 PM
Looks like you & Brad had lots of fun! :) I found this bit of info at http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/nature/track.htm -- "Four toes on each of the front and hind feet means you're looking at a track from the dog family (fox, wolf, coyote, neighborhood dog), the cat family (bobcat, lynx, neighborhood cat) or the rabbit family (cottontail or snowshoe hare). Does the paw print have small triangular marks in front of it? If yes, those are claw marks. Raccoons, skunks, coyotes, foxes, and dogs will often leave claw marks. Cats, on the other hand, retract their claws when they walk or run. So, you won't usually find claw marks with bobcats, lynx, or house cats." -- So it looks like it might be some kind of cat paw prints! ;)
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Anonymous, at 6/12/2006 12:57 AM
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