Everyone Loves The Zoo

We took baby boy to the zoo for the first time today since he was old enough to care. This is just a smattering of the animals we saw. Not just these, we saw hippos, rhinos, mountain goats, exotic birds in a very warm aviary, cougars and bobcats to name just a few more.


The place he enjoyed most though was the little square where there are many small concrete statues of various animals just begging for kids to ride them. He had to sit on each one then was off to the next. Though he sat in his stroller up until then, I really think he walked the majority of the park. They're probably going to have to wake him up from his nap.

Knowing we couldn't get through it all, we left after about 3 hours. The interesting thing was, at that point, the rest of Portland had decided they wanted to come to the zoo. It was so crowded, you couldn't see the end of the line of cars in either direction on the freeway. It took forever just to get through the traffic cop's direction.

Getting there right when it opens is the only way to go.