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Yay, we're home...
Feb. 12th, 2007 05:24 pmMy poor, long-suffering husband was dragged to four zoos (count 'em!) by little old me, in Arizona. He's pretty zoo-ed out now; Lord knows when I'll be able to get him to go to another one.
However, a good time was had by all.
Let me explain.
No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
I shot sooooo many pictures and ran through three packs of batteries. The Reid Park Zoo in Tucson has an anteater for a logo and owns three anteaters, all of whom were on display, and all three of whom I shot pictures of. Two of them were kissing face through the fence that separated them, which earned an "Awww" from me and an "EW" from the Hubby and Da Boy, because tongue action like that has to be seen to be believed.
The Phoenix Zoo also has anteaters (four), and I think I got shots of two of them. They apparently rotate them through the exhibit throughout the day, and I'm fair certain that the one that was there later had more awesome tail-osity than the one earlier in the day. I will have to compare shots.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is on my list of "Places I Want to Visit Before I Die" and it was so worth it. Dude, that place is totally awesome and I want to go again and again and again. Hummingbirds! And a raptor free-flight show! And and, other neat STUFF. Also, Oaxacan carvings in the gift shop, one of which had me drooling so much I was dehydrated, but the price tag of $450 meant that all I could do, alas, was drool.
You'd think that being surrounded by anteaters would mean that the gift shops would have them, especially the Reid Park Zoo, which has one in their logo and is apparently known for breeding the silly things, but nary a one was to be found. Alack.
However, I came home with a sunburn, got five hundred or so good pictures, and saw all kinds of cool stuff, not to mention the fact that we got the hell out of the cold for a few days.
I call that a win.
However, a good time was had by all.
Let me explain.
No, there is too much. Let me sum up.
- Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
- Pima Air Museum (and boneyard!)
- Reid Park Zoo
- Phoenix Zoo
- Work of Artists
- Penske Racing Museum
- Wildlife World Zoo
I shot sooooo many pictures and ran through three packs of batteries. The Reid Park Zoo in Tucson has an anteater for a logo and owns three anteaters, all of whom were on display, and all three of whom I shot pictures of. Two of them were kissing face through the fence that separated them, which earned an "Awww" from me and an "EW" from the Hubby and Da Boy, because tongue action like that has to be seen to be believed.
The Phoenix Zoo also has anteaters (four), and I think I got shots of two of them. They apparently rotate them through the exhibit throughout the day, and I'm fair certain that the one that was there later had more awesome tail-osity than the one earlier in the day. I will have to compare shots.
The Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum is on my list of "Places I Want to Visit Before I Die" and it was so worth it. Dude, that place is totally awesome and I want to go again and again and again. Hummingbirds! And a raptor free-flight show! And and, other neat STUFF. Also, Oaxacan carvings in the gift shop, one of which had me drooling so much I was dehydrated, but the price tag of $450 meant that all I could do, alas, was drool.
You'd think that being surrounded by anteaters would mean that the gift shops would have them, especially the Reid Park Zoo, which has one in their logo and is apparently known for breeding the silly things, but nary a one was to be found. Alack.
However, I came home with a sunburn, got five hundred or so good pictures, and saw all kinds of cool stuff, not to mention the fact that we got the hell out of the cold for a few days.
I call that a win.
