Hogle Zoo

Today we went to Hogle Zoo with Marla, Katie, Roman, and my girls. Today was PERFECT weather for the zoo. We went first thing in the morning and there were several animal activities going on. We went and saw the new Madagascar exhibit, and after a few other exhibits we headed over to the Elephant Encounters Exhibit. There was a zookeeper volunteer with different musical instruments to demonstrate how everyone needs to work together to protect the environment. Each of the kids got an instrument.

After the the musical demonstration was over was the pachyderm program with the Elephant that is pregnant at the zoo. They showed how they check the elephants health everyday and how it exercises the elephants in a positive way.

After a few more animal exhibits we headed over to the Birds of Prey show. A HUGE hawk hit my head with it's wing while it was flying low over the audience and it REALLY freaked Gabby out. It took her a minute to calm down and for us to convince her the birds really were nice and not trying to get us but just trained to fly over the audience.

Then we headed over to the Conservation Carousel. Roman rode on a Giraffe, Kaylee rode a Elephant, and Gabby chose a Cheetah.

A few more animal exhibits, including the Giraffes (Roman's favorite). Then we headed for home. We had barely left the zoo before Roman was fast asleep. Gabby fell asleep shortly after and they both took good naps.