Hogle Zoo

I took the girls to Hogle Zoo this past week. Before we moved back to Utah, I was so sad to leave our St. Louis Zoo, not because it was any better than other zoos, just because it was free. I took the girls to the zoo all of the time while we lived in St. Louis and at the time I didn't realize that Salt Lake City had a zoo. When I found out about Hogle Zoo, I decided that we needed to go and check it out. It was a fun day at the zoo aside from it being 100 degrees out. Here are some of the things we saw...

They were feeding the rhino at the time that we wandered by so he was nice and close to us.

That is a monkey perched on the ledge there. It's hard to tell with the reflection.

 (The fake elephant sneezed on Alyssa. That is why she is holding her dress out like that)

The polar bear was my favorite part of the zoo. He was so active and playful. He never stopped moving and he would swim right up to the viewing glass, put his paws on it, and then push off while swimming his laps.

The highlight for Ashley was the ladybug she got to ride on towards the end of the day. They had chosen to ride on the train instead of the carousel, but when they saw the ladybug, Ashley got so excited. Alyssa decided that making her sister happy was a better choice than riding on the train. It was a fun afternoon. We ended the day with an animal show where the girls got to touch a turtle and an armadillo. We were all pretty warn out when we got home that night.