St. Louis Zoo

We went to the Zoo Saturday morning after a morning swim. Steve and I had been here 4 1/2 years ago. We enjoyed it as much on our own (then) as we did with the kiddos this time. Not only did we think that it is a great place to visit, it is also FREE (!!) to get into.

This super cute fountain is at the North entrance. This is the real deal, and also super cute.
Jess and Brandon learning about the elephants from a zoo volunteer.
Brandon looking for the train.

The zoo train travels the whole zoo with 4 different stations for boarding.

Not only was he playing cute, he is also smiling! A keeper was offering treats such as apples, oranges and fish.
Not asleep yet, but worn out for sure.
It was late in the day when we finished up. Next up was the trek to the van. Free Zoo= Not so great parking. Jess trudged on her own, but B had to be carried. Needless to say, he was passed out pretty quickly. It was late when we finally arrived home. As an afterthought, said maybe we should have stayed another night and left early in the morning. Oh well, kids were sleeping just fine in their seats and stayed asleep when they were carried to bed. But, most importantly, we had a great mini-getaway.

We have lots of pictures of the animals, but difficult to get kiddos included. Being that it was a Saturday and a beautiful day, I think everyone had the same great idea to go to the zoo!