The St. Louis Zoo! What an amazing place. It is huge and beautiful and free. 12 of us ventured over there for the day – Trudy & Kenny, Julia & Geralyn, Tim & Maddie, Gerry Sr., and all of us.
It is National Pollinator Week, so Karl took this as an opportunity to educate the docents on Bee and Wasp behavior. But Karl did learn that without midges and small flies, we’d have no chocolate. We also took a much needed respite from the heat and humidity in the penguin exhibit. At 48 °F, it was cool. [Groan.]
Rhetorical question of the day: If you don’t like child-like behavior, why do you volunteer your time at the zoo? I guess it is good to know that some things are in fact global. You can expect 1 out of every 4 docents to be crabby at any public venue.
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| Billy, Maddie, Karl & Lindsay |
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| Billy tried the misters to cool off . He spent the rest of the trip with his shirt off. "It's too wet and scratchy!" |
We were ultimately rained out, but managed to make our way to Ted Drewe’s for the best frozen custard in St. Louis. We felt close to home since it is also an historic Route 66 landmark. Billy and I popped into Arby’s next door for French fries instead. Darn that dairy allergy!
The last part of the day was spent in the storm shelter with 17 of our closest relatives and one wet dog.
Trudy: Who needs a drink?
Me: ME!
Sounds great, Lara! I agree about crabby people (sometimes it's not the docents :-) Once I was at the San Diego Zoo w/ 18 mo. old Sofía. She was in the stroller -- it was way too far to the exit to carry her -- and she was crying. We were heading out, not stopping at anything, and as I passed one of the exhibits I heard an older person say, "Kids that young shouldn't be at the zoo!" I was tempted to say something about "old" people, but I restrained myself :-)
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ReplyDeleteOH MY! I can't believe they touched that snake!! It looks FRIGHTENING!
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