||Day Fifty-Four||
Today we crossed the border, the Indiana border, that is.
As part of my family's summer bucket list, I suppose you could call it, we wanted to visit a new zoo. Obviously we visit the Indianapolis Zoo fairly frequently, and over the past few years have visited both the Lincoln Park Zoo (Chicago) and the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. So in keeping with our visiting-zoos-in-states-that-border-Indiana theme (an unintentional theme at that), we headed south to Louisville, Kentucky.
Considering this blog post will be ENORMOUS, I'll try to let the pictures speak for themselves. I tried so hard to narrow down my pictures, but at least I brought it down from the 200 pictures I took.
The tigers are always so photogenic.
This picture is hard to see, but that's because the animal itself was difficult to see (and thus to take a picture of). This is a male orangutan, dare I say, "just hanging around".
Among the many many reptiles and amphibians that are at this zoo, this little guy was one of my favorites. He was also very difficult to get a picture of, but I was hoping to get in the fact that all his limbs just hang down from the branch while he is laying down. Reminds me very much of how red pandas sleep on tree branches.
This is King Louie, a somewhat prized inhabitant of the zoo. He is a white alligator, not albino (at least as far as I know). Shocking, stunning, and somewhat terrifying.
This poor ocelot came down from his perch and was itching like crazy. We noticed there was a sign on the outside of his enclosure saying that he was undergoing medical treatment, which maybe explains the whitish appearance of his back side. Still adorable as heck though.
One of the only clear shots I got of a gorilla, but I get a kick out of how relaxed he (or she?) looks.
A lone woolly monkey.
That camel in the back though. He's okay, he just has a strange way of laying down.
I was in awe of how tall giraffes really are, as silly as that sounds. I knew they were tall, but I've only ever seen them from a fair distance. They were absolutely breathtaking.
And African elephant (left) and an Asian elephant (right) coexisting in one enclosure.
Spotted this mischievous elephant trying to get ahold of some leaves. He looks so proud of himself.
A two hour trip up, a two hour trip back, and a lot of walking in between left us all exhausted. But there was a promise of pizza; Fridays, we decided, are pizza nights. Our plan is to try a different pizza chain every Friday. Tonight we tried, or rather I tried, this pizza place that is so close to our house it's a little crazy that in the two years we've lived here, we've never tried it. My mom wasn't too hungry, and my brother was ditching us for a movie with his friends, so I got a personal pan of what my dad would call a "garbage pizza". It had the works -- pepperoni, sausage, onions, green olives, hot peppers, you name it. And it was thin crust, which is my favorite.
The verdict: delicious. So delicious that looking at the picture makes me wish there was some leftover.
It was such a great day. The weather couldn't have been better, the zoo was great, the pizza was beyond great, and I am pretty sure that I will sleep well tonight!
♥K
♥K
