We decided to do a little Staycation and explore some things in Seattle. We left the morning of Thursday July 9th and came home the evening of the 10th.
We purchased a CityPass which is a great way to see the Zoo, Aquarium, Space Needle, Museum of Flight, Pacific Science center, and take a Harbor cruise for a great price ($54 for adults $39 for youth, Sofia was free at everything). It ends up being 50% less than buying individual tickets for everything. We didn't make it to the Science center, we just ran out of time and energy. But still got more than our money's worth. We started out at the zoo when we first arrived. The 4 blog posts below are the highlights from each venture. I'll warn you - I took a lot of photos, since that is just what I love to do :)
First animals we saw were the penguins, they were friendly as they swam right along the glass
Then the jaguar
Gorillas
A momma and baby, if you look closely in her hand, she threw up and is now eating it and sharing it with her baby...
our two little monkeys
We wanted to feed the giraffes and a zoo worker took us behind some closed zoo workers only area so we could get to them faster and Cameron spotted a peacock, he wanted to touch it. We had to stop him so he wouldn't get bit. He has no fear at times.
Feeding the giraffes, their tongues are so long - can stretch up to 1 1/2 feet long
Paris and Cameron walking along
Hippos
Cameron petting the goats
Sofia checking out the goats
The flamingos, my personal favorite, I could spend a long time just staring at them, since I think they are so beautiful. I took a load of photos, but will only include one here
Cameron peeking at the swan up close, they hang out with the flamingos to keep the ducks away
Sun Bear
Paris showing Cameron where the Orangutange is
Looking at the python
Sofia wanted out of her stroller
the elephants
Cameron wanting to touch another animal - a squirrel
now she is happy in her stroller
climbing on the lion
Ready to go-
Leaving the zoo - we had a fun visit and saw lots of animals.
4 comments:
how fun! I am so glad you got to go!!
How fun! I really regret not taking the time to see and do more around the area while we lived there... so good for you! It was so fun seeing you while we were in Vancouver!
What a great idea! That is so fun for your family and they will remember all the fun they had and all the new experiences they had.
That looked like so much fun. I hope you all stayed cool from the heat.
I finally got Grandma Sherry set up so that she can comment on the blogs.
Corri
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