Zoo

Now it's been about 2 years since I last visited the local zoo, which wasn't that much fun. But since it's $2 Tuesday, I'm cheap, I wanted to snap a couple of photos and I'm bored, it seemed like it was high time for me to go back.

Now I knew to expect a lot of children so I thought I was ready for that. Well I wasn't. Lots of little kids, but also lots of not so little kids, who I would have expected should have still be at school, but oddly enough the $2 Tuesday zoo attracts lots of 8-16 year olds. Who would have known? I for one am not that fond of kids I suspect it's my rotten childhood, but honestly I tend not like being around kids.

ANyway, they as a whole were not really that bad, it was the adults among them that I think I had the most contempt for. What is up with people buying the largest possible strollers they can possible find, then not totting their kid in it? I think my favorite was some woman with a double wide stroller and her one kid in tow and expecting everyone else to get out of her way and open not one door, but double doors for her. I bet she parks the SUV well too. The last time I was at the local zoo, I saw by far so many bad tattoos that I gave up on getting anymore myself. Fortunately while i was sunny it wasn't that warm so I didn't have to see everyone in wife beaters like last time.

The exhibits: The last time I was at the zoo about 1 in 5 exhibits was closed, which sucked. This time, I'd have to say that 1 in 4 was closed, which sucks too. The amount of unfinished construction is astounding and a real turn off.

Picture taking: I forgot to pack the two rolls of 35mm film I pulled out of the fridge. Ugh, my mistake.

Animals: I like seeing wild animals i as close as you can get them to being in the wild. But to be honest, the closer you get them to being back in the wild, the easier it is for most of them to hide. As such, many natural exhibits tend to be small and as such the animals more often then naught hit me as really bored. It's rather self defeating I guess and who knows what the real answer to it is.

I got my $2 worth, but not much more.