cub scouts at the world wildlife zoo

Last weekend was Free Cub Scout day if you wore your uniform to the World Wildlife Zoo over here on our side of town.  So I got Ethan and Cameron all dressed up (I wore Danny's uniform, ha!) and off we went to the zoo for a totally free day.  Even the rides were free!

Excellent!

And hot!

And we lasted about three hours!

But it's all good.  Got lots of fun pics and saved somewhere around $8,000 if I figure the cost of admission correctly.  Sheesh.  It's the zoo.  Not a trip to the moon.

  The aquarium at our zoo is amazing, one of the biggest on the west coast if I remember the claim.

 

  Bottle-nose sharks I think?

See ya later, alligator!

I love the macaws.

He probably does too.

For dinner.

I fell in love with these poisonous tree frogs.

Aren't their colors amazing?

  Always a favorite.

Do you see a seahorse?

  Pretty impressive, right?

This guy gave me the creeps.

He didn't move.  He didn't blink.  He didn't breathe. 

I think he may have been dead, yet no one was brave enough to find out for sure.

They did the free-ninety-free log ride several times. 

(Normally $6/90-second ride.  Seriously?)

  

By about 1p, we were getting pretty warm, and I'll be the first to admit those uniforms are a tad stifling.  So we took the train ride around the grounds to relax and cool off.

  We'll see him again later, up close and personal.

I think the only cat we saw all day.  We were too exhausted to make the trek all the way out to the cat exhibits.

Hello again.

Then, as we were about to expire from heat exhaustion, we decided to take one last ride in the form of the sky tram before hitting the road.

Khaki is so not my color.

Here we go!

 

I promise you the 'roos are not dead, just trying not to get heat stroke, just like us.

  Off to the reptile exhibit, which frankly, smelled a bit ripe.

Wouldn't want to mess with him, no way no how.

I neglected to put this guy in perspective. . . he's abot the size of a labrador retriever.  :)

And thus wraps up our zoo afternoon.  We came home hot, sweaty, and with tired feet, but it was still a great opportunity.  Thanks to the zoo for sponsoring a great event supporting and encouraging our Cub Scouts!