a promised trip to the zoo

We've been wanting to take Ty back to the zoo for a while, and since Corey is almost officially finished with his two summer classes and the temperature wasn't in the 90's before lunch (although the humidity was atrocious!), we decided to go this morning! It was a great morning to go to the zoo! All of the animals were out--and I mean really OUT! One leopard sat on the rock nearest the fence--I think he was enjoying his fame. Some animals were even walking around the zoo (with zookeepers--is that what you call people who work at the zoo?) We saw two random animals being walked from one place to another, and since we passed right by them, I asked what kind of animals they were. (They looked exotic!) The lady told me one was a zebu (I almost thought she was making that up...doesn't it sound like something from "The Lion King"?); the other was...a sheep. (I felt like such a dummy!) One other funny thing we learned is that all the animals have names. For example, three wild pigs were "Alice," Linus," and "Claire." I don't know why, but I thought that was really cute. Anyway, it was a really fun morning at the zoo, and Ty loved it (as always)! :)