Seattle--Woodland Park Zoo

The highlight of the Seattle trip was the Woodland Park Zoo. It's a delightful zoo with lots of animals and exhibits to check out. We spend a solid 3 hours there and were tired and cold, but if it wasn't closing time, we could've checked out a couple more things. The weather was delightfully sunny and beautiful. A person gets pretty lucky to visit Seattle and see barely a drop of rain this time of year. The vacation gods were surely smiling down on us. Or we just got lucky.



I spent most of the day coveting after John's beautiful Canon camera. I have a similarly beautiful Canon camera. But mine uses this prehistoric material called film. My parents got me that great camera when I graduated from high school. I will someday take the plunge and buy a newer, high-fangled digital version. Until then, I'm stuck with my point and shoot! John was gracious enough to send us home with a CD loaded with all his best zoo shots including the above family photo.

And this cool one of Glenn checking out the map. Thank goodness for our map.

Meerkats are so lovable looking. Doesn't he look like he'd make a great lap meerkat?(Photo courtesy John Drake.)

We were fascinated to watch this big guy chowing down on his dinner. He's cute in a dopey sort of way, don't you think? He looks like such a gentle giant, but hippos are actually considered to be one of the most dangerous animals in Africa. Hard to believe an herbivore could be so nasty!

So, this is the closest I hope to ever get to one!!

Stay tuned if you're interested in more zoo photos. We (mostly John!) got so many great pics! If you're not interested, skip the next few days!!!