Zoo Date

Hello, Gare here, with Liz watching over my shoulder. :) Today was a good day in Jacksonville. We woke up- actually, she came and knocked on my door to wake me up (sorry), we packed the cooler full of goodies, and headed for the Zoo. I haven't been since grade school, and neither has she, and we figured it would be fun to go without having any small children to shepherd.
The newly renovated zoo lived up to expectations. We saw a great horned owl (looked like my uncle), a 400 pound South American fish, giant otters, and a silverback gorilla (looked like Liz's grandpa). Also worth mentioning, a male lion was totally checking her out. Probably deciding if we were worth jumping the fence and eating. He was intense.
We saw a sloth, who was rather... slothful? African bullfrogs as big as my fist. Monstrous Rhinoceroses... actually, one rhino. He was docile.

All in all, it was well worth the thirteen dollar tickets. After a quick lunch consisting of sandwiches and nutty buddies, we decided to take a trip to the World Market in Orange Park. We found a bunch of neat stuff, along with really exotic food items. Like Italian pomegranate soda, and caviar. And a half-liter of water for four dollars. Yowza.

Looking back on the day, I'm glad we did new things. I count the zoo as a new thing. It's fun to explore, branch out and see things you might not see for another year. This was a nice cap on the summer. She might not say it, but I think Liz had a good time too :)

GL