Park & Zoo

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My Turn!!!! I posted this on another site, so I'll just copy and paste.

How about a treat guys? I went to the zoo! Boy, do I have stories too tell. Being conscious of space, the pics will be in the spoilers. I have a hard time adjusting size.

The Best pic that came out by far was the pink flamingos.
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And my father....oh god, I still can't get over this, .....he kept trying to take a picture of the bear, just one clear shot, and the bear kept turning at the last second!! He swore up and down I was the new
Eliza Thornberry and that I was conspiring with him. 

I, on the other hand, got some pretty decent pics.

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I was so lucky to get a little stuffed memory.   

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Not to mention all the other animals that were there!!! too bad I'm too tired to upload more pictures.




























































































































































In other news, my father broke a knife trying to cut open a watermelon!!!
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uh-oh Achim! They don't seem to have elephants!  

What kind of sorry excuse of a zoo don't have elephants!  

They do take up a lot of space...


Did you take a picture of a (specially trained, nudge, nudge, know what I mean?) llama instead?

The lamas was staying out of the heat... in their little habitat but I tried. Will see how they came out.

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I know you were using sign language or something Britt... Kept telling the bear... Turn now!  And not lucky to get you a stuffed owl. You know I was more then happy to get it for you!

And you just had to show say something about that knife yesterday didn't you?  I still blame the knife! can't even cut a watermelon! 

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OK... time for my pictures... and I have a LOT! 

My Wonderful Daughter Brittany...

First we get to the park area and sit down for a nice early lunch.


After lunch we prepared ourselves for a nice (fairly) long walk to the zoo... approx. 10 to 15min. walk.



The first stop on the way was to take a pic of Britt on a nice bridge.



Stop #2 on the way was for a pic in front of the fountain... I so wanted to jump in! It was sooo hot!



Next we took a rest stop right before the entrance to the zoo... where I took a couple more pics.



Brittany wanted this pic taken in particular... she took one of me at the same time holding my camera.



And Finally.... At the entrance to the Zoo.



Next Post Coming.... The Animals!

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And Now for the Animals... (Part 1)

The Main sign...




The Regular Jaguar was hiding... and the black Jaguar wasn't cooperating!



The Specially Trained Llamas knew enough to stay out of the heat!



The Swan tried to be troublesome... but I was able to wait it out... after all he couldn't keep his head under water too long! 





The Buffaloes was nice and friendly... well at least they didn't seem to care about us being there one bit.

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And Now for the Animals... (Part 2)

Many of the animals just did not want to come out in the heat!



This is the best I could get from that PITA Bear!



Nice Feathered Friend actually posed for me!



I wanted to bring him home!



Caught the tail end of a nice young lady giving a talk about owls.



A very cooperative Gator... no more then a foot and a half away from us.





And another furry friend. To be honest I can't remember what he is.

[kahless]

Thank you Brittany and Pete for sharing these gorgeous pics!   

[RossRoy]

Yes, this picture journal by both of you is really appreciated!

[addicted2dvd]

You are both more then welcome. It was a lot of fun! Even if it was way too hot!

but my favorite part of today was being able to spend some quality time with Brittany! Britt, I hope you will remember it as fondly as I will. It would have been nothing without you!

[Kathy]

Wonderful pictures! I surprised they were cooperative at all with the heat. Pete, the picture you got of the bear...he actually looks like he's laughing at you! I love it!

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I still believe that damn bear was laughing at me Kathy! 

[Alien Redrum]

I wonder if that is the same bear that was there when I went years ago. 

[Dragonfire]

Sounds like you had a nice time despite the horrible heat.  It is really hot here too.  I can't handle this kind of heat, so I stay in as much as possible.

[Achim]

Great pics! Thanks guys!


The llamka seemed borewd. Apparently the training didn't pay off.

[RossRoy]

It is really hot here too.  I can't handle this kind of heat, so I stay in as much as possible.

Here too it is rather hot. But the real problem is that it is really humid too 80% or more. And it makes the temperature felt be around 40-45C

I had to stop yesterday to refuel my car. Just the time standing there while it was refueling and I thought I was feeling very queasy just from the heat.

And yesterday wasn't even the worst day.. Forecast say it'll be today!