Zoo

Saturday in Memphis we ventured to the Zoo. Once we got there we immediately knew we should have come on Monday. There were 4 tour buses just waiting to get in the parking lot ahead of us and about 20 other buses already emptied. It was amazing the school kids there on a Saturday, I don't know a single teacher who wants to go on a field trip on Saturday! We eventually got parked and went in. It was fun to show my parents where we spent a lot of our time while living there. The Zoo in Memphis is awesome! My kids know where everything is and have favorites! Ella for some reason became attached to the crocodiles and our trip wasn't complete until we visited the Herpatarium. We enjoyed the Sea Lion show first. It was fun to see it one last time.

We went and saw the polar bear!

The grizzlies were very playful with each other, we sat and watched for a few minutes.

We then went to the Birds and the Bees exhibit. They had just opened it up for the season that morning and they do a members only event the first week or so and so we were able to go in and get feeding sticks and feed the birds. The kids actually really liked it and weren't freaked out like I thought they would be. We did get a few birds to land and eat a little, it was really fun!

After we left the Zoo we took my parents to another favorite restaurant of ours there called Las Delicias. It was the only Mexican food we liked there! It was so delicious! My parents agreed and loved it as well! Our friends the Watts and Sloans walked in just as we were finishing up, it was funny to see them because we had talked about it being one of the places we needed to go before we left! We went back to the hotel after and rested for a couple hours and later that night went up to the mall in Collierville and walked around. It had been so hot earlier at the zoo and that night it was a lot cooler and nice to walk around outside at the mall and enjoy the night. We finished our mall trip with a dessert crepe at another favorite, Crepe Maker! It was such a fun day doing a few of our favorite things in Memphis!