Mindless Juices

So, we went to the zoo today. I suppose we were all "family-like." And I was wondering if people were wondering if the girls were Sabrina's and my girls. I thought, "Surely, we look too young to have these girls." (stop calling me Shirley). But, then, I thought, "Rachel looks too young to have these girls." So, then I thought, "Well, they don't look like our girls." And that's what I figured. People who saw us were completely baffled because the girls don't look like us. I imagine people spending half their day at the zoo trying to figure out why a young couple would take someone else's children to the zoo without their parents. "Huh, what? OH, a polar bear? No, I was just thinking about that brown man. Those girls couldn't have been his. Yeah, yeah, no, a kangaroo, I get it... Why would he do that? Yes, I see the baboon. And that woman with him couldn't have been his wife. She's much too pretty to be with him." Imagining is fun. Anyway, it was fun (but tyering) toting the girls around... Carrying them when they were too tyerd, trying to distract them whenever they started to whine, trying to distract them while Sabrina stood on line for an hour for some food. I think maybe I've watched too much TV, but I expected to see faces light up and that pure child-like enjoyment when a polar bear came up to the glass not two feet away from us. yeah, not so much. The girls were more interested in the birds. I have to admit, this zoo had some of the most beautiful flamingos I have ever seen. I've seen a few flamingos in my day. They must be fed well. The rain forest areas were pretty cool. The birds in there had some amazing plumage. Hopefully all the pictures we took will come out well. I expect Sabrina to share the best of them with you soon. However, I have to warn you that it feels a little dangerous in there. Not five minutes of being in the aviary, a bird flew right in front of me, so close that I felt the breeze off its wings. A Spanish speaking couple behind me sort of shouted when they saw it and laughed a little when I stopped dead in my tracks in a little shock. All of the girls were about 10 feet in front of me and didn't see a thing. Anyway, the overall zoo experience was a very good one. I have to say that it's the closest I've ever been to most of those animals. Kangaroos, bears, and various birds... They were all so much closer than I ever remember any trips to any zoos from when I was a kid. Between this trip and past trips to Sea World, I feel like I've been up close to a fair number and a good variety of wild animals. I am going to have to brush up on my animal trivia before I have kids. It would be nice to feel like super smart dad at the zoo. So, maybe when all the series have ended, I'll start watching the National Geographic channel or Discovery channels.

# posted by Steve (Oz) : 5/14/2005 09:40:00 PM