Last Saturday we went to a Cat company picnic in Bloomington. It was chilly and rainy all morning, but around 1:30 it cleared up and warmed up and we went to the Bloomington Zoo which was literally just steps away from the company picnic. It took about an hour to go through the entire thing. Its grounds were very, very nice. We had a great time.
Aren't they growing up?!?! They're little boys, not little baby boys.
Wallaroo
So this was in the "Wallaby Walkabout." As you can see, there is NO enclosure for the animals. Initially I thought, "Well, maybe these have been injured and can't hop around anymore." NOPE! They hopped all over the place while we were in the Walkabout. It was very, very cool.
The sealion was quite playful. We meant to go back for his 3:00 feeding but lost track of time.
This is the inside of the rainforest room. It was really neat. The birds are free to roam about, and we had to warn the boys as they are not very found of our feathered friends.
Just walking around inches from our feet.
Just grooming on the hand rail
The old point and shoot camera has a pretty decent zoom.
Had to have a picture of the "Budgie Bird Room" since Eli is our 'Budge.'
The Jr. Zookeeper teaching the boys to pet a guinea pig
Eli and I got separated from Cole and Ian. We were trying to catch up with them and Eli, totally not paying attention to his surroundings about walked right into this little girl. When I got his attention he stopped walking right next to her. They stared at each other for a few seconds, then she grabbed his hand and led him down the sidewalk to the bald eagle exhibit. After a little bit of time the girl's mom said, "I've GOT to get a picture of this," so of course I started snapping away too. The little girl did NOT want to let Eli go. She was a woman who knew what she wanted, and holy cow, was she adorable! Eventually, we pried them apart and she went on her merry way. We ran into her again in the gift shop as we were leaving, and she said, "Oh, there you are!" Too cute.
At supper that night we were talking about what each of us liked at the zoo. I said I liked the Wallaby Walkabout, Cole and Ian liked the monkeys, and Eli liked his girlfriend. It was so sweet, but I don't think I'm ready to be dethroned as Eli's Number One Girl.
