Memorable Memorial Day

A little late is always better than never....On Memorial Day we went to Omaha with our friends the Gentiles to visit the Zoo.  I was excited because this was my first trip to the Omaha Zoo.  This zoo is amazing.  No really, its awesome.  We got to wander through the jungle and see monkeys and birds and hippos and sloths, oh my! 

 

I think the aquarium was my second favorite.   I could probably watch the penguins all day, literally.  They were fascinating!  Much more entertaining than the penguins at the Lincoln zoo.  I am looking forward to going back and seeing more there.  We were pushed through by the massive crowds but still got to see the majority of things.  Oh and the shark tank/tunnel was super neat too!  

Joselyn and I may have had to shove some small children out of the way, but we were going to see those penguins!

We also got to go through the Creatures of the Night exhibit where I was the only who could spot the creatures in the night.  Geoff also nearly peed his pants when we were in the "bat cave."  No worries, I held his hand through it.  Geoff and I rode the Skyfari across the zoo as well.  This was neat because we did not have time to see everything that the zoo had to offer.  Riding the Skyfari gave us the option to see some animals we didn't make it to.  

The highlight of the trip for me was definitely the Gorilla exhibit.  I was amazed at how many Gorillas lived at the zoo!  I could probably spend another day just watching these guys.  One came right up and looked straight at me through the glass, I could feel him staring into my soul.  Its like he knew I was a Gorilla too.  So awesome.