Free Zoo Day

6 people in this family means that there is 6 admissions to places so we take advantage of Free Days. Today it was free admission to Hogle Zoo. We bundled up, wore 3 layers of clothes, packed a lunch and we were expecting a full zoo....but besides our 6 members there were about 20 people there.....So bonus for us!!

Why would we go to the zoo on a cold winter day? Well besides no people and no lines. The animals are so active.

     (These tigers above followed us and were just staring at us on top of this bridge. The giraffe was trying to take a lick at Mike...so I guess)

 A few zoo keepers said that in the summer the animals are so hot they just lay around being lazy. But in the winter the animals are cooler so they are more active and since there is less people the don't feel so overwhelmed by the crowds. That's OK by us :-)

Besides seeing and learning about the animals in the zoo. Mike and I learned something about one of our little animals....Cati likes monkeys. She learned to make a monkey sound. Now when someone makes the sound she copies it and tries too "out-monkey" you. It's so adorable.

We had so much fun at Hogle Zoo. But it is winter after all so after about 90 minutes our cheeks were frozen so that was our cue that it's time to go.