Roger Williams Zoo

Our second adventure of the week was hitting up the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence.  We'd never been before, so both Mommy and Connor were eager to check it out.  The day started off relatively mild, but by the time we got there it had warmed up quite a bit.  That didn't stop Connor!  He was ready to visit the zoo and all the animals.  One of the first exhibits are the elephants.  Connor used to be afraid of elephants, but lately has been requesting the elephant sound Mommy makes, so I think his fear has lapsed.  He loved to watch the elephant spray himself with mud.  Mr. Elephant was pretty close to us as well, so that made it easier to see.  On the way out one came right over to our part of the fence and was eating hay from a raised net.  We could see right into the elephants mouth!  Pretty cool for an almost three-year-old (ok, and for the 34-year-old, too). 

After the elephants we saw the giraffes, including the month-old baby giraffe.  We were able to get a very close-up view by the fence.  One of the giraffes was right next to us grazing.  I tried to get a decent picture of Connor looking at the giraffe, but this lady refused to move so I could get a picture.  She was in her own little world.  Anyway, off we went to see some other animals - the seal, cow, chickens, sheep and goats.  Then my little man started to get grumpy and hungry, so we sat and had some lunch. 

After lunch we went into the Austrasia building.  Yes, that's Austrasia.  Animals who could be found in Australia and/or Asia.  Connor gravitated right toward the snake-necked turtles and camped out.  He was in love.  They would swim by his face, which he loved, and he just watched them, totally engrossed.  Out of an entire zoo of exotic animals, my kid chooses the turtle as his favorite.  Go figure. 

After prodding Connor away from the turtles, we walked around the rest of the zoo, seeing camels, a red panda, a leopard, an anteater, and lots of other animals.  Connor had just about lost his steam when we started to make the trek back to the car and had to be carried the rest of the way.  I don't blame him, I was tired, too, but we had a great time!  We wish summertime could last a little longer so we could do things like this more often, but we'll take what we can get.