At The Zoo

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This weekend Emily and I, and our daughter Rachel, went to Sacramento for a special get-away. It was part "late anniversary present" (for us) and part "early birthday present" (for Rachel's 18th birthday). We stayed two nights at the Embassy Suites in downtown Sac, and it was pretty awesome - we pampered ourselves in our two-room suite, lounged around in the lobby listening to the indoor waterfalls and surfing the Internet, and stuffed ourselves with the free full breakfast (both mornings I had a delicious bacon/sausage/cheese omelet).



 

It was a pretty extravagant, and expensive, weekend for us, but Emily and I both felt that a weekend out of town would do us good. So we rested a bit, and also visited our oldest daughter Cyndi and her family. Our son-in-law Lunar cooked up some home-made chicken enchiladas, and Emily and I took grandkids Katie and Eamon to the Sacramento Zoo.



Katie wanted to ride a pony, and so did Eamon... at first. But when it came time for Eamon to mount up, he suddenly and firmly decided that he didn't want to be a cowboy. So he walked with Grandma while Katie rode her pony, named Ladybug, and Eamon got to pet Ladybug when she stopped for a drink.





At the tiger exhibit, one part of the tiger enclosure has a thick glass window built into the wall - viewers can look in and even stand just inches away from the tigers, just like Katie and Eamon are doing.



So we got to see kangaroos, toucan birds, lemurs, emus, penguins, lions and tigers and a chimpanzee who seemed to enjoy pooping in front of the enclosure window. But a good time was had by all.



Something tells me it's all happening ...