Zoo Atlanta

Saturday we spent the day in Atlanta.  We first went to the zoo, and then spent some time in the city.  Atlanta is a good forty minute drive from our apartment.  The zoo was twice the price of the Hogle Zoo in Utah--wow!  It was a perfect day out, 80 with a nice breeze.  One really cool thing about Zoo Atlanta is that there are trees all over--so even if it had been really hot, there would have been plenty of shade. 

Zuri wasn't as interested in the animals as I thought she would be.  One thing that I did notice, is that most of the animals were kept farther away than I am used to seeing.  I know with the Hogle Zoo they are definitely a lot closer!  Anyhow, there were a lot of nice things about the Zoo Atlanta, and we got a few good pictures.  Enjoy!

They had a parakeet room where you can go in and feed the parakeets as well as watch them fly around.

Don't worry, the parakeet flew away before she was able to grab it, but I was surprised at how close it let her come!

                                                                        Gorilla

                                                       White peacock strutting around

We stopped for lunch at the play area; Zuri loved this more than the animals

Up close and personal with a lizard.  She wanted to touch, but they recommended children under five not touch the lizard because of potential bacteria.

We also stopped to watch a wild animal show, but of course was more interested in playing with the rocks than the animals on the stage.

They had an awesome panda exhibit, both an indoor and outdoor area.  This panda happened to be indoors and would frequently go around the room.  Zuri was able to go right up to the glass and watch.  This was her favorite. 

There was also a petting area.  Zuri was so excited when we first got in that she went fearlessly up to one of the goats that was eating and petted its belly.  Well, the goat didn't like that and charged her.  He got her with the top of his head, a soft blow because J was able to whisk her away from most of the impact.  She took it like a champ though, and didn't even cry. After that she was a lot more cautious.  Zuri would only pet the animals with encouragement from me and one hand in mine.
 
After the zoo, we were headed back home and decided to take a detour into the city since we were already there.  We had fun exploring!