Last month I "borrowed" my favorite eight-year-old for a road trip to the St. Louis Zoo. I took the day off of work so we could travel to the zoo before she started school.
We had great weather, particularly for August, and spent all day enjoying this world-class zoo.
The zoo sits in Forest Park, the site of the 1904 World's Fair. There are other great attractions in Forest Park, such as the Science Center, the Art Museum and the Missouri History Museum, but we had too much to do and see to make it anywhere else that day.
This summer the zoo played host to Dinoroarus, an exhibit of life-sized animatronic dinosaurs. These guys roar and move. Izzy was fascinated, but when I asked her to get closer so I could take a picture, she claimed to be "scared" of the some of them. She explained that she was okay with the Tricerotops because "it's a plant eater." I reminded her that they weren't real, but she wasn't having it. (Don't you love the logic of eight-year-old girls?)
In addition to this exhibit, we took in the motion simulator rides, one which was in 3D, enjoyed the Sea Lion show, took a ride on the zoo railroad and visited the children's zoo. Plus we saw the lions, tigers and bears. (Oh my!)
I must have taken 200 pictures. It was a great day and I highly recommend that you visit when you can.
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