Visiting Woodland Park Zoo

Jean and I went to Woodland Park Zoo Monday, August 3. She normally works a night shift, so she had to get up early so we could see all the animals during business hours. The last time we went to the zoo was last year about this time.

When we got there, we saw a blue heron in the same enclosure with the Humboldt penguins. These large birds are native to Washington and my previous home in Montana, but it's neat to see them in a city environment too.

There were some differences between last year and this. A year ago they had elephants, but they aren't there any longer. As a matter of fact, only 11 days after we went last year, one of their elephants died. Last year we also saw cheetahs, but they weren't there this year.

While we visited the zoo, we saw what we couldn't see last year. We especially liked watching the Asian small-clawed otters and the new ring-tailed lemurs.

Asian small-clawed otters at Woodland Park Zoo

Ring-tailed lemurs at Woodland Park Zoo

It was a hot day so between looking at all the different animals, we had Icees. For dinner, Jean and I went to Jimmy Mac's Roadhouse.

Jean shows her red tongue after eating an Icee.