The Zoo!!!

Last Saturday D and I headed up to the Bronx Zoo. We both bank with BofA, and they have this cool promotion the first weekend of every month - free admission at certain cultural or academic institutions if you show your BofA card! A few months ago we spent a Saturday at the Met - which was incredible - and this month we figured this would be the last month we could actually stand to be outside, so it was a zoo kind of day.

Unlike the Phoenix Zoo, the Bronx Zoo is huge. Oh, and you can actually see the animals. And now, so will you!

The tiger! I'm going to admit, there was one point while we were standing here that the tiger got right next to the glass right in front of us. I swear he stood there and stared at us! I didn't get a picture because I got really excited and ended up snapping a picture of the ground instead. And by the time my camera reset, he had walked away. I'm a failure.

Poor quality picture - but this was the cutest little monkey we saw all day!

The sea lions were by far the best part of the day. There was a huge tank will 5 or 6 of them in there, and they were all swimming around and doing tricks to show off.

There was a little baby sea lion too, and he was wiped out! He didn't really move from this position much for the whole time we stood there. Its rough to be a baby :)

Every once in a while one would propel itself out of the water and land with a big splash. Bunch of show offs, I tell ya.

Then, this guy jumped right up on the edge of the tank right in front of us. He was just looking around at everybody and literally posing for pictures.

Then he let out a roar - I don't know what sound sea lions really make? - and splashed right back into the tank!

This was in the Madagascar exhibit. I don't remember what these guys were, exactly, but they were neat!

How cute are these guys all huddled up with each other?

I like to move it move it!

The giraffes! There were four, including a baby, which was the most adorable thing I've ever seen. Unfortunately, I couldn't get a picture.

African dogs - very strange. They looked like dogs, only bigger and scarier. I did not want to pet these guys.




The bear! He was for some reason very intent on digging himself a hole.

When he finished digging, he sat right down and took a nap.

This was the showdown of the century. I don't know about you, but I don't think I'd let my 2 year old face off against a bird the same size as her.

The lions!

Yeah, these guys weren't far from the lions. Like, I'm pretty sure the lions had access to them, if you know what I mean.

And that was our big day at the zoo. It was a freakin hike to get out there - the Bronx is NOT close to Brooklyn - and also, I don't think I'd go to the Bronx at night. But the zoo was neat. And the pretzels were cheap :) Thank you, BofA, for another cheap day!