antelope in the "African savannah"
On a whim we decided to hop in the car Saturday morning and drive to Asheboro for a visit to the NC State Zoo. We concluded that this time of year was by far the best time to pay our zoo a visit. Not only was the weather nice and the crowds sparse, but the fall leaves were at their peak. So as we walked the almost 5 miles of paths from exhibit to exhibit we got to admire all the brilliant fall foilage.
Eager Penelope ready to go explore. "Let's get this show on the road!"
Chilean flamingo
an attempt to scale the wall and join in the flamingo fun
bird watching in the rain forest
spotted
gorilla watching
baboons!
more baboons
elephant spotting
trying to get a better view
elephant!
after this picture Penelope tried to share her fruit bar with the elephant. the elephant wasn't interested.
snoozing lion
chimp keeping watch
"nigh-nigh", says Penelope
this guy was really into posing for the cameras
when baby starts to drag, the playground is a guaranteed fix
the last stop of the day was the swamp. forget the alligators, all Penelope cared about were the turtles. she was so impressed by the creatures that she decided to add "turtle" to her quickly growing speaking vocabulary.
she then proceded to repeat "turtle" over and over and over again until she finally conked out in the car on the way home.
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