Zootunes

After we finished looking at the animals we went to an outdoor concert at the zoo.  We picnicked with Oma and then watched the music. 

Woodland Park Zoo

We visited Seattle's zoo one afternoon.  There were lots of animals there, from elephants to birds to a farm animal petting zoo.  

Watching the hippo, who only poked his nose out of the water.

Watching the elephant.  At another place, we watched an elephant use his trunk to get hay out of a high bucket.  Watching the elephant reach his trunk up really high, wiggle it inside the bucket, and then put the hay in his mouth was Phin's favorite part of our visit.

The orangutans were being fed dinner when we watched.  They were really active and swinging close to the windows. 

Meerkats!  They stood so still they could have been mistaken for statues.

Outside the meerkat house was a little boy sized burrow.  Phin had fun running through it and exploring the fossils embedded within it.