Our Annual Trip to the Milwaukee Zoo

Thanks to Kev and Vikki we have another annual pass to the Milwaukee zoo as well as to many other zoos in the country.

It is such a nice gift because when we do not have to spend money to get into the zoo, we can do some of the other fun things the zoo has to offer.

It was a beautiful zoo day, almost too hot, but I will not complain after the long, cold winter.

There were also many, many people at the zoo.  I suppose after a long, cold winter everyone needed to get out and enjoy a fun day at the zoo.

We met Courtney, Paul, and the girls at Wisconsin Avenue Park which is about three blocks from the zoo and we found it to be a great place to park.

Courtney and Paul took off a day in Milwaukee to celebrate their tenth anniversary while we took the girls to the zoo.

 We always start out our trip with a picture by the entrance.

The above and below photo were from this year.

 These two are from past years.

 We always start out with a train ride.

We have always found in the past that if we started at the train, we could get on immediately, but this year was differest.

We had to wait for about a half hour, but the girls were so patient and it was so worth the wait.

Tiz is our tour guide.  She studies the map and lets us know where we are headed.

Here are some photos from past years on the train.

I so know that this cold trip was Soli's first with us to the zoo and we were just so thrilled to have two grandkids to enjoy.
We had talked so often with Tiz about having another passenger on the train and now we do!

After the train, it is time for the merry go round and then lunch.

After lunch we got to touch some stingrays and see the sea lion show.

After the sea lion show, Tiz wanted to have her picture taken with the sea lions, so that is what we did.

Soli even got on the picture.

Yes, it was overpriced, but it was worth the smile on Tiz's face.

Now Soli was not so excited to go on a picture with those big sea lions, but she did it, just without a smile.

We always take a photo in the snake house by the snake sign because I am so scared of snakes, so here are our photos over the years.

After the snakes we took in all the big animals which are always fun to see.

We enjoyed seeing lots of peacocks with their tails open which was cool.

Of course there was time for a snack and time to play at the zoo park.

We shut the zoo down at 5:00, that was one long day at the zoo, but such a fun day.

We stopped at Culver's on the way home for dinner.

The girls spent the night with us.

After church and some play time we took them back to Oshkosh.

Another fun zoo trip down in the record books or should I say, the blog posts.