Trip to the Zoo

This weekend we went to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore with our friends the Vongs. We have been told by the locals that the Baltimore Zoo is consistently rated as one of the top five zoos in the country. After our visit it is easy to see why. Even after spending half a day there we only managed to see about half of the attractions. The weather was great and the kids (Maia, Leo, and Aiden) all had a great time.

I captured some of the highlights in pictures below. Julie and Phil helped the kids feed the giraffe. I got a nice picture of the giraffe sticking out its long tongue to get some leaves right in front of Julie's watchful eye. Although I wasn't able to capture a smile on his face, at times Aiden was really enjoying it. The next big event was riding the camel. Julie took Maia for a camel ride and Leo rode with his Dad. We also saw the new big attraction, a baby elephant name Sampson that was recently born in the zoo.

I was a little disappointed that some of the big animals were lazily taking naps including the lions, cheetah, and polar bear. However, the chimpanzees were fairly active and put on a nice show for the kids. Check out my pictures below or click here to see the entire album.