apirl 2, 2011 was russ’s birthday and i want to recap the day….first off all of us(the whole family) didnt tell russ what was planned for the day… we all wanted to go to the bullriding that happened to fall on his day…russ wasnt interested in going…sooo…because he probably wouldnt want to do anything on his birthday(stating we cant afford anything)Pffft…we decided not to tell him and just take him with us to where/what ever we all decide….so we decided to the portland zoo!…it was a great idea!…we all loved the idea!….so a bunch of planning and organizing to make sure it was all good for everyone was done ahead of time….the one thing that made it very skeptic was the weather…the day before was a beautiful sunny almost 70 degree day! but the next day(2 apr) was not to be so good…but chances it was to turn bad later in the afternoon….below is some of the captions of the day….
starting the day
next pic with rusty(blurry…my fault)
family with rusty
weather was overcast but very do-able zoo trip
man made log
the twins went down through the log and a quick stop for a picture
turtles
what was great was the lil buggars could go right up to the windows and see the water creatures!…i had never been to the zoo so i was just as thrilled!
otters
that little otter was attracted to gracies pink gloves!
ducks
fun to see ducks swim on top…but to see how their feet paddle underwater
wolves
walking up to the wolf site area …you could hear them howling…(which i thought maybe someone already at the station was maybe pushing a button to hear the sounds wolves make for it was really alot of howling) but no….most all the wolves were making the noise!..it was sorta fascinating!
little park next to picnic tables
it was about noon time so we decided to have out picnic lunch…”the men” walked back to the car to get the cooler and food…by this time…we had been rained on sorta heavy and had been able to see a bunch of animals inside exibits…of course the lil buggars loved walking through puddles and their gloves were soaking wet!…..but we did start off at the picnic area with nice warm sun to help dry out…..JUST A LITTLE BIT….grrrrrr
lunchlunch
i had planned this nice little picnic lunch…cut up a bunch of condiments and forgot the damn meat!…so was a veggie meal! grrrr(what an idiot!)…and it started to pour rain and the wind approached! it can down in sheets and blowing like a son of a gun! COLD! ohmygoodness!…of course the twins werent exactly dry from the moring excursions and hands and feet were very cold!! whiney (of course….we all were) and shivery….this was not late afternoon!!…we had only seen half the zoo and the big animals were next to see!
it's soo cold!
gracie zipped inside ethans coat!
the elephant
because…the elephant was right next to the picnic area…we all ran inside this station and was very happy to get out of the storm and watch this great big creature stand and move his feet and trunk back and forth…the lil buggars were facinated….we stayed untill we were bored and went back to the picnic area and decided to pack up and head home….grrrrrrrrr….we didnt want to be further away from the parking lot when the next big rain storm would approach …we were disappointed that we missed all the african animals that were next (giraffes,hippos,zebras etc)…we decided we liked enough of what we already saw and would definately come back another time and start siteseeing with africa area….all in all it was a fun day and was home but 3:30pm
