A rare opportunity...(picture heavy)

[pegasi1978]

I live close to a zoo that recently closed due to financial difficulties. When I saw it was happening I started looking for where the next closest zoo to me was. Turns out the next closest zoo to me is the Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo, the one featured in the Animal Planet series The Little Zoo That Could. While perusing their Website I noticed something

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[infragilis]

That looks like a lot of fun!

You have a lovely family. You look really great too! And Gavin is growing like a weed! :)

[pegasi1978]

It was a lot of fun. We didn't even mind that we got rained out afterwards and were given a rain check to come back and see the rest of the zoo. I forgot to mention that part. They zoo folks were even extra nice and made our rain check good until the end of the month rather than good until the end of the week like they normally do.

[ar_wahan]

Wow, I'm amazed it is possible to do something like that here!

You all look great, I agree!

[pegasi1978]

I was amazed when I found out about it myself. It was one of those things that I said to myself ... "I don't care the cost*, I'll find a way to pay for it." *As long as the cost wasn't outrageous.

We had a lot of fun and didn't even mind that we got rained out afterwards and were given a rain check to come back to see the rest of the zoo. I forgot to mention that part. The zoo folks were even extra nice and made our rain check good until the end of the month rather than good until the end of the week like they normally do.