After their very long six-hour drive from Ohio, Kristy and the girls finally arrived in St. Louis and through cell phone communication I was able to direct them to the zoo. I was so happy to be with my family again, I sure missed them. I know they missed me too.
We found the zoo, which was free, to be one of the best zoos we have ever visited. They had many interactive exhibits and maintained a wonderful standard of having larger open areas for their animals.
This particular afternoon was pretty warm and so the girls took every opportunity to cool off, from playing in the water fountains to standing in front of the mister fan.
They even found water fountains just their size.
We were very impressed by the quality of the zoo. One aspect however, that we were not used to was the intense commercialism of the zoo. Every where we walked there was something to buy, food, toys, clothes, and kiddy rides they had it all. I mean they even have a build-a-bear workshop. To be honest however, I would prefer this over having to pay for admission. At least anyone can enter regardless of financial limitations. More cities should follow this most wonderful example.
Our favorite exhibit was the Penguin & Puffin house. As you approach this area you can feel the temperature drop significantly.
Inside the house the temperature is near freezing which was a huge shift from the intense heat/humidity outside. The girls loved being able to get so close to the penguins. They would have stayed in there until they turned into ice sicles if we would have let them.
We had a great reunion at the zoo, we enjoyed this very awesome (free) zoo, and then headed on back down the road to Springfield for the last three hours of our road home. It was so good to have my family back. I sure missed my sweetheart Kristy and our little angels Molly & Neleha.
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