On Thursday Joe and I joined my Fabulous 40's Momma's group at the Folsom Zoo, which in actuality is an animal sanctuary. We got there right as they opened at 10:00 AM and were fortunate to see animals out and about in every catagory. Their were 5 big black bears - my personal favorite; 2 huge tigers - one of Joe's favorites, a sweet little herd of deer that would come up to the fence enclosure and lick your fingers, as well as wolfs, wolf-hybrids, mules, a big boar or warthog (like in Lion King), horses, ponies, goats, sheep and birds of all kinds. They had a couple of Mountain Lions that were just beatiful with really huge feet. And the sweetest little monkeys that were so small they looked like a newborn baby.
The sun was shining, the temperature perfect and Joe was having as much fun people watching as animal watching. Their were four of us mom's and one dad (we don't discriminate) and we each had one child with us which was pretty manageable. It allowed for the kids to interact with each other and for us grown ups to have an opportunity to converse as we walked around.
We ended the day with a ride on the miniture train or at least we attempted. I was going to stay behind and watch all the gear while the rest went on the ride. Joe had other ideas. He was godd for the first 5 minutes or so but then it was just taking to long for the engineer to get tickets punched, let off a little steam and get moving so Joe had a meltdown and wanted Mommy (and snacks) and so he missed out.
I decided at that point that a nap was called for and so we headed home while the others went on to enjoy a picnic in the ajoining park. All in all it was a wonderful outing, and although I felt the after affects of all the walking, it was worth it to see the joy on Joe and the other kids faces.
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