We went to the Houston Zoo yesterday with our church family and had a ball. We've been to Houston previously on numerous occasions but only to catch flight so we never really had a chance see the city properly, so this was a great way of "breaking into the cityscape" from some angle other than the tarmac.
Many people from our small town frequent Houston for their regular shopping (retail and grocery) as they have more of a variety of products to meet the needs of all ethnicities, but we simply make due by venturing down to the nearby suburb of Lake Charles, Louisiana. Boy, is there a difference between the two - well first there's the time as Lake Charles is merely 45 minutes away and Houston is more like 2.5 hours and then there's the aspect of really being in a big city as Houston is 4th largest city in the U.S (after New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago) and the largest city in TX; I automatically felt at home.
- Population of DeRidder, Louisiana = 10,711 within 8.5 square miles (HA HA HA - I told you we were small town livin')
- Population of Houston, TX = 2,145,146 within 656.3 square miles
I can't wait to spend an entire day or possibly a weekend visiting some other local Houston attractions really soon - shopping bags and all. But as for this trip...it was dedicated to the wildlife contained within the four walls of the zoo.
Now although we have visited a zoo in Alexandria, Louisiana (a northern suburb) many times this zoo is more like home because we we able to see more animals i.e. giraffes, lions, rhino's as well those indigenous to the area. They also had a wonderful petting zoo and a splash park for the kiddies but I neglected to bring Rah any secondary clothing so we simply stayed clear of that and rode the wildlife carousel as a compromise.
All in all we had a great time and the kids enjoyed their Sunday School Field Trip and Darryl even stuck it out although he had a dental procedure earlier in the morning, gotta love dedication and family.
Until next time, Enjoy!
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| Garrett & Robert in their Sunday School shirts - don't they look adorable? |
Big Cats
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| She was very feisty |
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| He simply got up, turned his back to us and laid down! HA |
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| Just about all of the big cats were laying about...it WAS pretty hot! |
Bear
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| Rah took a break in the cooling station! It shot out mist! |
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| Then he played a rhythm section |
Chimps
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| The chimps rocked! |
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| One even got in the shower and pantomimed washing himself! |
White Rhino
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| The white rhinos were too busy eating |
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| Well this one decided to simply cool off in some mud! |
Giraffe & Zebra
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| A lone zebra among the giraffes |
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| Giraffes taking cover from the sun |
We decided to take refuge from the sun as well!
Wildlife Carousel
Petting Zoo
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| Rah thought the "pellets" were food! LOL |
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| This is Jack, Garrett couldn't resist his big tummy! |
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| Garrett's other friend "The Professor" followed him around! |
Bird
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| I noticed this eagle was missing a wing,maybe he was rescued. |
Elephants
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| Darryl was like "The Elephant Whisperer" because this Asian Elephant lifted his trunk to mimic his arms movements - it was pretty cool! |
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| The mom & baby grabbed tuffs of hay from the container. |
We made our way inside (such relief)
Aquarium
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| The boys found a cool tunnel feature. |
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| They were clearly amazed by all the different views they now saw! |
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| These otters were engaged in some "interesting" activity :) Wildlife @ its best. Rah told me to come see them "wrestling" LOL |
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| MY cave men! |
We went to the Houston Zoo yesterday with our church family and had a ball. We've been to Houston previously on numerous occasions but only to catch flight so we never really had a chance see the city properly, so this was a great way of "breaking into the cityscape" from some angle other than the tarmac.
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