Road Trip! (Part Two)Our final day in Omaha started out with a trip to Panera for breakfast and then a quick shopping trip at Target to get Aaron’s Father’s Day gift. His work finished up around 10:30, so we picked him up and then made our way to the zoo. Most of you probably know, but the College World Series takes place in Omaha. Well, apparently it takes place in mid-June and the stadium is right next to the zoo and uses the same entrance. So we sat in a long line of cars waiting to get to the zoo. We finally made it to the second zoo parking lot (the first was full) and they closed the lot behind the car in front of us. We asked what to do and they told us to drive back around (into the line we were just in for 30 minutes) and that as people left the zoo, they would allow a car back into the lot. Well, we could see about 20 open spots in the lot (which they were saving for security for the baseball games) and convinced the guy to let us in. So, while I felt bad for everyone behind us, I was so happy that we were able to get a parking spot! Plus it was really close to the zoo entrance and they let us buy tickets from them, so we didn’t have to wait in line at the zoo entrance.
Little miss was so excited to go see the zoo!
But, the first animal we saw was the free roaming peacocks. We’ve seen them a few times, but they’ve been in cages and haven’t ever opened their feathers. This time though there were some little birds invading his space, so he was fanning them. I was excited to show Jenna because I thought she’d think they were neat. Nope, she did not like it. She kept covering her eyes. Then the bird squawked and Jenna about had a panic attack! Poor baby!!! Granted, if you’ve heard a peacock before, you know it makes an awful sound, so I don’t blame her too much.
The look of terror in my baby’s eyes :(
Covering her eyes:
We left the peacocks pretty quickly!!!
These birds on the other side of a cage seemed to go over a bit better.
Better yet, the bears were a big hit!
We saw some strange things, even for a zoo. This ape was sleeping with a box over his head. I guess he wanted some privacy!
While we were inside one of the buildings we noticed a zookeeper bring out a penguin, so we went over to her. She told us a bit about the penguin program at the zoo and let us pet the penguin. Jenna liked to look at her, but did not want to pet her, but Aaron and I pet one of her wings.
Jenna started getting restless in the stroller and since we knew we would be stopping for lunch soon, we let her out to walk. I generally don’t mind letting her walk by herself, but in crowded areas, I like to use her backpack with a ‘leash’. She loves it and the freedom it provides, so it works great.
We enjoyed a nice lunch under a canopy and with a nice view of the giraffes. I had a hard time getting a picture of Jenna and the giraffes, but there was a giraffe statue behind us and I was able to get a picture with it in the background.
Shortly after lunch (which was quite late) Jenna fell asleep. She slept through the rest of our tour of the zoo.
We left the zoo and immediately got on the road home. It was a fun few days!!!
