Denver Zoo

I am sorry but this post is very picture heavy. I had a hard time picking pictures out. We got a chance to go back to the Denver Zoo last weekend. What ended up happening is Dave met some guys who love to play volleyball. He told them to call whenever they were going to play and they really did. The only problem is that they were going to play in Denver. One guy lives in Fort Collins and was going to travel down, so he could have traveled with him; but I thought it would be a lot more fun to come and we would just go to the zoo while he played. We ended up spending over 4 hours there walking around. It has a lot to see though so it didn't seem like we had been there that long.

I couldn't believe they had a Komoto Dragon. Well the truth is they have three. I was so fascinated I had a hard time leaving the exhibit.

Clara's favorite animal is the elephant. She can even do a pretty good elephant sound (well pretty good for a 3 year old)

The Lions were really cool. Just watching our every step.

I had never seen a hyena before. They were chasing each other around but stopped right when I got the camera out. Most of the exhibits there have large enclosures with glass viewing areas in several places, so you can get up close no matter where they are.

This polar bear thought he was hiding. He had gone down under a rock in the water. Unfortunately for him they had a underground viewing area that made it so we were standing right next to him.

The train at the zoo was so lame. I thought Hogle Zoo's ride was lame. It was an oval with a conductor telling you about all the animals you could see if they weren't behind the bushes. One thing I can say is that it does have a lot of trees and bushes. Which is good unless you are trying to see over them.
Lily did not want to go at all. She complained so much that I just let her wear my head phones the whole time so I wouldn't have to hear anymore complaining. She ended up having a great time and was really fun to have around.

This was often the only view I could get of the kids. It was either this or them fighting over who got to sit where on the stroller. I am still surprised that 7 & 9 year olds fight over who gets to sit in the stroller

Isaac showing us where we are on the map. He is so photogenic.

Joe really wasn't this grumpy but he didn't spend a lot of time out of the stroller. I couldn't figure out whey until we had been their a couple of hours. He had mentioned the day earlier that his ear was itchy. I checked it out and it looked red and I made a mental note to watch it. After about 2 hours he said his ear hurt, when I checked it I realized it was so swollen that it was sticking straight out and was about 1/2 in thick. I felt so bad for not noticing until then. When we got home we gave him some benedryl and by the next day it was much better. We figure it was an insect bite that he reacted badly too.
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This was the kids climbing on things that I asked them not to. I didn't see any signs that said not to climb on it, so after I minute I said to have at it. Afterwards I decided it was meant to be climbed on. Of course they have got to know that a metal statue that is easily climbed in a place where kids are prevalent, they must have realized that it was going to be climbed on.
Of course Clara's favorite place was still the carousel. It's to bad the zoo is so far away or I think we would spend a lot of time there.