St. Louis Zoo

July zoo trip

We decided to pack everyone up & visit the zoo in St. Louis. The boys & Mommy had been there in the spring for a school field trip, but this was Daddy's first trip. We got there in the early morning (okay, it was 9 AM, but it seemed really early to get 4 people out of the house & drive 30 min!), so the animals were out in full force. Later in the day, it's a crap-shoot because if it gets too hot, they all hide in their caves & houses. St. Louis is a zoo where the animals get to run in areas resembling their natural habitats instead of in cages, like the older-style zoos. It's a BEAUTIFUL zoo with lots to see. There is a train that takes you from one area to the next & a carousel. We had to ride both, of course. William even got to meet one of the zoo caretakers when he scrambled over the fence at the giraffe enclosure. I was giving him a dressing-down & putting him in timeout when the caretaker overheard me & asked, "Who climbed over the gate?" William looked scared to death as the man told him that climbing over the gates was not allowed & if he did it again, they would make him leave. When his lip started to tremble, the gruff-looking bearded man said, "And, we don't allow crying in the zoo, either!" and walked away. William was getting no sympathy there!! Needless to say, we had no more problems with fence-scaling! **Click the picture to see more**