This weekend we took at three day trip to Philly. Not really far from home but it was fun to get away for a few days. We took advantage of the City Pass (pay one price to get into a bunch of different attractions). The first place we went to was the Philadelphia Zoo.
On our ride there I asked Norah what her favorite animal was. After a significant pause she said. "My favorite animal is......a hippo. Yeah I needa nice the hippo." I have no idea where that answer came from but I think a hippo is a pretty solid favorite animal. And I would like to say that now even several days later she still answers that the hippo is her favorite animal. And guess what they have TWO at the zoo. I googled it on the way and it said it was a newer exhibit so we were in luck! Yay hippos! They were kinda boring to watch they just kinda sat there almost all the way submerged in the water while we were there. We went back again on our way out and they were still doing the same but had moved slightly to the side. But Norah loved it. Hippos are pretty cool.
We spent most of the day wandering around the zoo. We saw giraffes, rhinos, zebras, flamingos and so much more. There was a really cool gorilla that was just hanging out in the one area of the habitat literally posing for pictures! He would shuffle around, sigh, and place his chin on his hand like he was posing for the pictures. One of the staff members walked by while we were there and said "oh that's, fill-in-name-here, he's always getting into trouble." We commented on how he was posing for pictures and apparently that's normal for him. He likes it. Who knew?
I have found through our various trips to zoo's over the year that I kinda like the red panda. They had them there and I saw a glimpse of it's tail but there were people blocking the opening to look at them and by the time they moved the it was in a crevice where you could only see it's hanging tail. But I know it was there. Here is a picture of one that we took at the D.C. zoo last year. So cute!
The zoo was so much fun for all of us. It was great to see Norah get so excited when she saw different animals. Or not really be impressed with some and be like "let's find a different one." Seriously I don't know where she comes up with the stuff that comes out of her mouth!
Later that night after checking in to the hotel and vegging out on the bed watching a movie we finally decided on where to go for dinner. We went to a place called Tony Luke's for cheesesteaks. Traffic was terrible getting there, I seriously don't know how people can travel on the Schuylkill every day. That road is terrible! Anyway, Norah was in the back watching Yo Gabba Gabba on her iPod touch and we thought she was being so content watching it quietly in the back seat. Well the show ended and I heard nothing from her. I turned around to find that she had let the iPod fall into her lap and she had passed out! Did I mention she didn't take a nap? Yeah so she had a nice little nap while sitting in traffic.
It was a great day at the zoo. Here are some pictures of us from the day. Watching animals, riding the carousel (because what trip isn't complete without a carousel ride?), and just plain being cute.
Day two of our trip was the aquarium. But I'll tell you all more about that in another post so this one isn't hugemongus.
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