It was a Zoo!

[Lemon Meringue]

So for my lunchbreak today I went to the local Zoo. This was the first nice day we've had for a while. Beautiful, sunny and 80 degrees F. It is only about 3 miles from where I work. The place was packed with families and others on lunch break. What a great way to spend an hour. It's free and has free parking.

The Polar Bears were lounging and swimming.

I feel refreshed.

 

[u2popmofo]

Awesome, I dont know why but I honestly freaking love the zoo.

 

[zonelistener]

como.....we used to call it the welfare zoo.

We are all bastards.

I want to ride the rides at Como.

I miss you guys.

 

[Lemon Meringue]

Zoney!

Sparky was putting on a show for the kids:

 

[adamswildhoney]

aww that is I havent been to a Zoo in a long time.

 

[Lemon Meringue]

I saw no poo being thrown.

 

[zonelistener]

That monkey creature looks like U2PopMofo's avatar.

Monkey or C. Walken....you tell me.

 

[Lemon Meringue]

1914 Carousel:

 

[tiny dancer]

I want to go this coming Sunday.

 

[madonna's child]

Aww, the zoo. How nostaligic.

I wish our local zoo was free. I also wish it would stop raining so I could go!!!

 

[arw]

I love Como park my grandparents live in Highland, not too far from St. Thomas, and they used to take us there all the time when we were little.

I haven't been to Como park in years.

 

[Schmeg]

I used to work at the zoo!! Roger Williams Park Zoo, voted one of the top 10 in the US in 2000! I know many of the animals by name. I miss them.

 

[KhanadaRhodes]

i plan on going to my local zoo this sunday. we have pandas from china at our zoo, so i must see.

 

[kariatari]

Woohoo! Zoos are fun! That's funny you posted this thread - my friends and i were planning on hopping down to Omaha to go to the zoo and to catch a couple College World Series games.

 

[Cleasai]

Im glad to see the weather cleared up for ya guys heh heh btw, just how long is your works lunch break so that you can visit a zoo during it??

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

*five stars*

I LOVE the zoo, haven't been in ages

polar bears

 

[zonelistener]

Go Tommies!

St. Thomas

Sorry, I had to do it. It's my Alma Mater

 

[arw]

Re: Go Tommies!

Sorry, I had to do it. It's my Alma Mater

that's my brother and sister's alma mater......not mine. I'm the middle child, I had to do something different.

 

[ABEL]

pics!

I wish I had an hour for lunch

 

[Lemon Meringue]

Im glad to see the weather cleared up for ya guys heh heh btw, just how long is your works lunch break so that you can visit a zoo during it??

The zoo is less than 10 minutes from my office, so I can drive there and easily spend a half hour or so there and then get back to work in less than an hour. I could go longer if I really wanted to, I don't take a luch every day and they don't monitor me anyway. (I'm an outside Sales Rep.)

I think I'll go again some time next week. Maybe Friday if it's nice.

Schmeg, how cool that you worked at a zoo! I would love that.

I expect to hear reports of any weekend Zoo visits from kariatari, KhanadaRhodes or tiny dancer or anyone else that goes. Let's hear about the cool animals that you see.

Isn't he cute!

 

[Schmeg]

Working at the zoo was the best job ever. I was a gift cart cashier, which meant for two summers I sat on my ass and sold overpriced crap. I was so good at it, I was promoted to gift cart supervisor and was in charge of people who sat on their asses and sold crap...and then I ate a lot of free ice cream.

Here are some of my animals:

Two of my elephants; I think that's Ginny in the foreground (she's the biggest) and Alice in the background (the littlest).

My polar bears ( ) Trixie (on top) and Norton (paw over face)

Trixie and her baby Kobe born in November 2000...she was about 7 months old here.