Woodland Park Zoo

The zoo up here is great! We've been a few times already and we love it! It's pretty good size and has tons of animals....maybe it's not that great but all we have to compare it to is the Hogle Zoo. The only other zoo I've been to besides the Hogle Zoo is the San Diego Zoo, and we think it's better than that one. Back in August when it was super hot, we decided to get out of our non air conditioned house and do something fun. Most of the zoo is shaded because of all the trees, so it was a nice break! We actually liked it so much we got a year pass. It's only $40 for a whole year, which pays for itself in 2.5 visits, and Ava is free, so it gives us something different to do every now and again! Enjoy a few pictures.




Ava loved the hippos, they were swimming around and making lots of noise. I don't think I've ever heard a hippo make any noise and it sounded like a really loud Harley starting up, kind of weird.






She was so cute that day and was actually smiling for pictures (it doesn't happen often) so we couldn't resist taking them until she was tired of it.




Cooling down with a little slushy.



Every time we've been this cute little monkey looks so sad. Some guy was taking a picture right next to the glass with his flash on and each time he would snap it the monkey would hit the glass with his hand.





They have a little bird house where you can buy a stick with bird seed on it. We just wanted to check out the birds but as we were walking in, a family was leaving and gave us their seed stick. The second Jared walked in with the stick the birds swarmed him. Ava obviously thought it was a little too close for comfort.



Ok, I'm not a photographer, in any way, so this picture doesn't do it justice, I could never get a good one. But the brown bears were probably the best part of the zoo. They have a little area of water with fish, and these two bears were walking around on their hind legs swatting at the fish. We could have watched them for hours, they were so entertaining.




On our way back across 520 bridge we got a great shot of Mt. Rainier. It's amazing that this volcano is 110 miles away but you can see it this clear from where we are.