With the new school year to start imminently and both boys to be in school all day long this year, the boys and I definitely needed one more adventure. So, we headed off to explore one of the best attractions in St. Louis, the zoo! It’s great because the zoo is free (after you pay for parking, food, extra attractions, etc.), so you don’t spend an arm and a leg and it’s still a really great zoo.
We toured around the whole zoo from the reptile house to the sea lion pool and had a great time. For the first time we checked out the children’s zoo where they had snakes and guinea pigs we could pet (not together!) as well as a spray fountain we could play in and some slides and an area to play in.
My favorite part was when we got in line to tour the new polar bear exhibit. My previous experience with polar bear exhibit had been witnessing a polar bear sleeping in the distance in a cave or not even in his enclosure, but this polar bear was ready for her close up. We got to the point where we could see an underwater view of her enclosure and there she was right up next to us swimming around. I thought it was very cool.
We finished out our zoo adventure with some Dippin’ Dots ice cream and a few goofy pictures. I’ve had some great adventures with my boys over the past 7 years and hopefully they’ll continue long past the time when they’re both in school!
(The boys meet the polar bear.)
(We said hi to the penguins.)
(A narrow escape from an attack hippo)
(riding on some frogs)
(We almost got eaten several times on this adventure!)
(Ok, so we need to work on our selfie skills, but we had a great time.)
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