I am still not sure what we were thinking that morning as we pulled out of the drive with the rain beating down and not a single umbrella among us, but that we did. We had reservations for some classes at the Banham Zoo in Norfolk so rain or shine we were headed that way. You would think that it would have occurred to one of us to grab a brolly though.
The upside of visiting the zoo in the rain is that you have the place virtually to yourselves. We wandered in peace through nearly deserted grounds. The rain mostly let up early on leaving plenty of puddles to jump in.
Abbie Rose announced she needed a restroom rather immediately while Dad was getting the bigs to their class so she and I made a mad dash for one of the few facilities that were open. Since I have no appreciable navigation skills we managed to circle the place twice before we found the rest of our group again. Hence I do have pictures of every.single.animal. I mercifully culled before uploading. : )
The classes were split into age groups so once again I have little people pictures while the bigs were off on their own learning about zoological careers and the particulars of the zoo nurseries. It was encouraging to me to watch them in their workshop. I am not sure how much they retained information-wise but I watched them wrestle with and ultimately conquer their own squeamish fears. The zookeeper brought out progressively "yuckier" species to pass around. Each time I saw their eyes grow wider as they quietly assessed their options. Each time they opted to touch and hold the new creature. Snakes, rats, cockroaches. In the end they said they were not that scary after all.
I want to be like them when I grow up.
I like the puddle jumper exhibit best. ;-)
Posted by: Barbara | May 13, 2014 at 02:06 PM
It's all happening at the zoo! (Beautiful photos as always!)
Posted by: Lisa | May 13, 2014 at 06:27 PM