Another Trip to the Zoo

We were spoiled during the month of October with gorgeous warm weather and as were nearing the end of the month, I know that the cold isn't very far away. We took advantage of the warmer temps two weeks ago and made another trip up to the zoo. Our trips to the zoo are never the same even though we're up there several times a year. In years past, we've visited primarily in the spring and summer, so it was fun to go during the fall to see the changing colors of the trees and the zoo decorated for Halloween.

On this trip, the wolves were particularly exciting. While we were approaching the wolf exhibit, we heard lots of howling and barking. All four of the wolves were "playing" and howling up a storm! This was one of our favorite things of the day.

My new favorite picture of Steve and Amaya.

The zoo is constantly renovating and updating with new exhibits. Both of them are located on the Tropics trail... the alligators:

And the Colombus Monkey. The monkey was another one of our favorite exhibits and they drew in quite a crowd.

We can't go to the zoo anymore without Amaya wanting to sit on the baby tiger.

I've always thought that the Minnesota Zoo was beautiful... but on a day like this one... it was spectacular....

One of Amaya's favorite things to do is walk on the "blocks" with a little help from Daddy.

This next picture is a little unusual... we had just played at the playground and Amaya got quite a bit of sand in her sandals. Amaya can't stand having sand or rocks in her shoes and she really can't stand having sock fuzzies in between her toes. So... she's thoroughly checking each and every toe for sand. There are so many quirky little things about her, so I had to capture this on camera so when she's older we'll remember these things.

The tapirs haven't really ever been on our "Must See" List, but this time....

...the mama had a baby!

The leopards always impress us, and this time was no different. At first, we couldn't find them so we moved on, but as we turned the corner, we saw one jump from a branch and got a close up view!

We're hoping to get up there at least one more time before the snow comes and Amaya really wants all her grandmas and grandpas to come!