Indianapolis Zoo

A couple of weeks ago, Carl and I went to the Indianapolis Zoo. We had not been in a few years, so it was nice to visit the place again. Plus, the zoo was putting the new baby elephant was out in the exhibit for a few hours every day that starting that week. That little elephant was so stinkin' cute! See?

We watched the sweet little thing for quite a while. There were lots of other people watching the elephants too...along with some other zoo creatures. The cheetahs were next to the elephants. Boy, were they eyeing that little baby. First it was just one of the cheetahs staring at the elephant. Then all 3 were watching its' every move. Then, they all walked over to the fence separating their area from the elephants' area.

Finally, the momma and baby moved out of sight of the cheetahs.

We also enjoyed the new tiger exhibit. I love tigers, so I was especially excited to see this. The tigers now are really close to you. There is only thick glass between you and the tigers. When we were there, the one tiger kept pacing around the area, brushing up against the glass every now and then. It was awesome!

You can see how close he gets to the glass here.

I also love the dolphins at the zoo. We weren't able to go to one of the dolphin shows, but we went down to the Dolphin Dome to watch the dolphins for a little while.

We had a good time at the zoo. Even though it was a little hot, and it rained a little bit while we were there, it was still a good time. We even saw fellow blogger, Katressa, and her family there.

While I was in the bathroom, a little girl was washing her hands at the sink next to me. She turned to me and said, "We are having so much fun here today! I have never been to the zoo before." I told her that the zoo IS really fun. And I believe that. No matter how old you are, going to the zoo is always a fun thing to do.