October Zoo

A visit to Portland's incomplete without a

  Visit to the zoo

Our zoo membership really pays off when the kids are in town. We have all 9 grandchildren along with Hayden and Cam on our pass, plus two additional guests. At zoolights we always end up paying a bit for additional adult admissions to make sure all of our kids and grands can go but it works pretty slick on regular visits.

We did not see any sliding elephants. We did however use caution. I'm sure that some of the cement type surfaces can be slick with leaves and such at this time but more and more of the surfaces they use on the paths and in the buildings are very non-skid.

The foliage was lovely.

Alyssa and her seaweed scarf

Lys brought a scarf with her that she described as looking like seaweed. It reminded her of the kelp growing in the Stellar Cove exhibit.  It really does.

Bears!

Rowan and his mom checked out a polar bear den while the polar bear munched on corn stalks. I'm sure it was a sweet treat.

Look how everybody measures up!

It was fun seeing the animals so active in the cool weather. Their fur coats make it harder to be comfy in the summer heat.

Catching a glimpse

Alyssa and me in reflection and a great picture of Hayden with the burning bush.

Safari Katie

Look who else was there

Krystle invited a young lady from our church youth group to join her for the day. They had plans to go there before we even knew that PCC had a teacher's inservice.

Krystle was better prepared for the weather with her warm coat and gloves!

Rowan's favorite animals

Rowie loves lions but especially the big male one. He had just caught a glimpse of the big guy when I snapped his picture.  So cute boy!

Snack and warm up time

Tradition dictates when the weather is cold and we stopped by the Africafe for hot chocolate and fries. It's hard to abstain when it's tradition.

Goldilocks here thought the fries were "too hot".

A couple more group shots

Our van was at capacity + one, so Courtney was seated on the floor on the way up and back. If we'd have had one more person we'd have had to take another vehicle.

We had some mixed reviews about the trip. We'll have to try a little harder to get all thumbs up next time.