Audrey has been really obsessed with her Sesame At the Zoo book lately so we decided we should take her to the real zoo so she can see the animals up close and personal. So off we headed to Sioux Falls to the Great Plains Zoo Sunday afternoon. Now neither Dave nor I had been to this zoo since we were in elementary school, so we really couldn't remember what it was like. Keep in mind the last zoo we were at was the Wild Animal Park in San Diego, so that was what was going through my mind as we were driving. I don't know what I was thinking...something similar to the San Diego Zoo. We are in South Dakota for goodness sakes!!
Once I got back to reality, I realized it actually wasn't that bad and is perfect for little kids. We got through the entire zoo in 2 hours. There was a petting zoo of farm animals for the kids and Audrey had a good time in there. Both the horse and the goat tried to eat her graham crackers and drink out of her sippy cup, so that was pretty funny. She thought the bears were really neat as well as the birds. Unfortunately the zebra (or bra which is what Audrey calls it) and the giraffe's weren't very close so she didn't get to see them real well. All in all, it was a fun trip and I'm sure we'll be doing it again soon.
