Zoo with Grandma Gallego

This morning was too beautiful to stay inside so Zack and I took Grandma to the Zoo. We made the normal rounds stopping to see Hippo play in mud bath, and watch a trainer feed penguins. Zack requested that we see "panda bears" but since we don't have any here, settled for the brown and black bears.

Even though I thought we had seen everything at the Zoo, we managed to uncover a new activity. They have this nice little Avery tucked back by the primate area. It is a lot like the one he loved in Long Beach at the aquarium. You can buy at little Dixie cup of nectar to feed the birds.

They aren't as brave as the ones in LB, but they sure like the food. One little bird must have been really thirty, since he followed us around the whole place. We nicknamed him "greedy", and he earned it when he stole the cup out of my hand.

That really upset Zack and he had a hard time understanding that it was empty. We were finally able reassure him that we could come another time and feed the birds with dad.



Next stop was to visit the train. Grandma tried to get out of riding the train but Zack wouldn't hear of it..."Gramma, on train too" he said several times until she caved.

I think she enjoyed it, of course Zack did.









Next we found a little rock area in shade to take a break. However even with a broken leg, Zack doesn't really take breaks. He insisted on trying to "climb up". Of course I was right there and insisted that he could sit on the rocks and climb again soon.






It ended up being a great spot for Gramma and Zack photo opp...

It was hard to get Zack to sit still, even in a cast...But managed to get one with him semi still.

And then one of him cracking up at something Gramma did.
Another fun adventure at the Denver Zoo!