Friday, July 06, 2007
We went to the Erie Zoo today up in Pennsylvania and had such a wonderful time. Erie Zoo is similar to our beloved Hogle Zoo out in Utah. It's a small zoo and it totally caters to families with small children. All of the animals are in smaller areas so you can see them really well. And you don't have to walk far between buildings. It was lovely and clean and the best part was the children's section of the zoo complete with playground, waterscape, petting zoo where they provided brushes so the kids could groom the animals, sandbox, merry-go-round and climbing mountain which included a waterfall and cave. We could have spent all day there, but of course we didn't get there until almost 2:00 and the zoo closed at 5:00. But in the small amount of time we did have we saw "lions and tigers and bears", the rhinos' giant Tic-Tac (observed by Denver), chased several chipmunks, got really dirty, enjoyed shaved ice and popcorn and even caught the last train of the day. And yes, those are the twins standing alongside that giant snake and yes, I'm doomed.
  
While we were on the last train ride of the day we noticed a park off in the corner and decided that before we hit Perkins for dinner we should go check it out. So we did. And it ended up being a bunch of fun too. We added another layer of dirt to ourselves and ran the kids ragged--I must admit I was sort of surprised Perkins didn't turn us away, we were that dirty. On our way home we hit Grandma and Grandpa's little ice cream shop on the town green for some homemade icecream. And let me tell ya, if you ever go there, don't order the single scoop. In Burton, a single scoop is equivalent to three scoops anywhere else and while it's so delicious, it was almost too much, even for me! I'd recommend the half scoop unless you're feeling particularly hungry, or pregnant, which in that case maybe you outta go for the double scoop because hey, when you're pregnant you're allowed to do that kind of crazy thing. And by the way, the Peaches-n-Cream ice cream totally rocks!
  
posted by Shana # 9:29 PM 
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