Today's trip actually made me think of something I recently read in a book (The Geography of Bliss) - more people attend zoos each year than all sporting events combined. Now, I don't know if I actually believe that - how is the statement qualified? It could mean only pro sports or only college sports - I have no idea. But anyways, it was one of those statistics I read and was like, holy cow, that's a lot of people that go to a zoo.
And, let me tell you, there were a lot of people at the Detroit Zoo today.
Ok, enough of the tangent...to get back to the main point, we basically relived part of our childhood summer vacations - kid's meal (no joke) and all. (And I say this with love and in the very best sense - it was on my list of "must-do's" this summer.)
Beautiful butterflies...perky parrots...cute camels...running rhinos...(do you sense some alliteration here?)...gentle giraffes...
...hungry hippos - just kidding, there actually weren't any hippos, amazingly enough...
Today's visit definitely reminded me how fun it is to just be a kid - and, come the end of August, that's exactly what I'll be doing again for the next 10 months with the students at school.
Better gear up pretty fast - not too much left of summer vacation...
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