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| I was itching to go into the mountains, but the weather was so much cooler there (while a sunny 75F in Fort Collins), so we expanded our possible destinations to include heading down to Colorado Springs to visit the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. It is actually built on the mountain - so cool! While it was a bit overcast, it made for a very comfortable afternoon. |
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| Feeding the giraffes is definitely another highlight of the zoo. Can you believe that tongue!?! It freaked me out... |
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| But not Jameson :) |
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| Watching the lions. |
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| I swear there is glass between Jameson and the big CAT!! |
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| That's one dirty bath! |
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| The zoo is situated up on the side of a mountain and winds through a series of switchbacks as you make your way up to different exhibits. We saw giraffes, hippos, elephants, lions, bears, snakes, rhinos, seals, monkeys...Can't believe that I only recently found out about this zoo through some friends. |
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| Jameson's first carousel ride. He's excited (I promise), but in a coma from having just eaten lunch. |
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| On the move and hanging on tight (both of us!). |
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| Ava did so well this trip :) There were some rough patches during the car rides to/from the Springs, but isn't that to be expected? After leaving the zoo, I said to Rob "what a successful trip!" (He tends to be the more skeptical one about traveling anywhere further than an hour away.) He was quiet and then explained that there were a few times during the day when he thought to himself "this is NOT fun". I explained that the kids had fun, we got to explore a new place, no one blew out of a diaper, no one got really messy, no one got hurt and Jameson never threw one tantrum! Want to know what he said back? - "You have low standards." I'm so used to it being 2 (kids) on 1 (me) that 2 on 2 was so much more relaxing. We laughed and agreed that it's a matter of perspective ;) |
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| Oh yeah, daddy made it in there too for a fun underwater viewing of the seals. |
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| Looks like Rob is having fun here...hmmm ;) |
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| See you on the other side :) |
