Zoo Day With Z

Today Zoe and I spent the day at the Hogle Zoo.  It was actually a nice day for it.  The weather wasn't bad and the crowds were small.  Here are a few pictures from our day.

 

 

 

cute squirrel - hard to see from the glare in the picture though. :(

waiting for the show to start in discovery theater

 

Feeding the Ducks

 

what's a visit to the zoo without a ride on the train

 

They did a good job with this new section of the zoo

this elephant seems really popular with the crowd.

It actually sprays water out it's trunk.

 

 

 

I hate the glare from the plexiglass :(

 

 

 

Not the most exciting bears

 

 

The polar bear would swim under water up to the glass. Then she would come up out of the water and float backwards into the water.  Then dive under and do the same thing again and again in the same spot.  Made for some fun photo ops.

 

yes, I actually broke my own rule and allowed someone to take my picture.  lol

 

 

 

another hit attraction at the zoo 

 

is it just me or does he look like he wants out?

not the prettiest sight at the zoo - yuck!

I wouldn't mind a pet like this.  Not a big cat fan but this one was cute.

 

poor meerkat,  they really need to move the garbage cans to give him a better view

another cute cat that I wouldn't mind having.

It spent a long time chewing on this plastic block

Not sure what it was trying to do.

 

We picked the wrong route home

Got stuck in all the traffic from the UTAH game.

 

 

 

 

Moose Visitor

Once again my parents run across a moose while working up at their property.

Why do the moose always seem to come around when I choose not to go with them?

I still waiting for the day when they appear while I am up there. 

 

 

At least he stuck around long enough to pose for pictures.

 

Monday Night Excitement

I've been pretty bad about updating this blog lately.  I've saved up lots of things that I planned to add but never seem to get around to it.  So I figured it's about time I made the time to do it.

There was a bit of excitement on my street Monday night. 
Evidently a 20 year old fell asleep at the wheel of a Comcast truck and ran into the side of a house at 10:45pm.  The house was just 2 houses down from mine.

It seems to have done a lot of damaged and even sent the homeowner's 14 year old daughter to the hospital with a major concussion.

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?sid=21902310&nid=148&title=man-rescues-sister-when-truck-crashes-into-house

 

 

 

The truck crashed into the wall where the 14 year old was sitting at a desk working at a computer.  She was hit by the truck and it pushed the desk and computer onto her pinning her beneath it.  Luckily the girl's older brother was home and was able to unbury her and get her out of the house.