First Zoo Trip-Omaha Zoo!!

On Thursday Linc and I were invited to go to the zoo with a friend from church so we packed a lunch and made a day of it. It was a super nice zoo! We saw the penguins first and Linc loved them! There were probably like 40 of them inside and they would swim by super fast and do their little tricks. It was fun to watch. We also got to sit in the bubble and see them up close. They are not shy and will come right up to you. Linc liked watching them. He stood there and was amazed by these little guys.



Next we saw the aquarium, which was super cool because it is all around you. It is on both sides and overhead and you can see all of the fish, sharks, and all the other things swimming all around. There was even a fish that posed with us for a picture!




We went to go visit the giraffes, but first we stopped at this statue of a giraffe that Linc reached out and touched. He would look up at it and he probably thought that was big and then he met the real giraffes. He stared at those guys for quite some time!



This zoo has a really cool jungle thing and Linc and I took a picture by a waterfall. We got to cross a wood bridge and went right to the waterfall. He loved the waterfalls that were spread out throughout. He also liked the cave drawings! He would reach out and touch the walls and then look at me and smile for the camera.





We visited the desert dome and then went underneath to see the creatures of the night, which included a trip to the swamp where we saw crocodiles and alligators and we even saw a rare albino alligator. It was set up super cool and we were basically walking on a deck right by them. A little creepy because they would swim right up to the fence, but pretty cool. There was an area at the end where you could see a bunch of alligators and watch them through the glass. There were a few that were cuddly and then others that would just dog pile on top of each other. Linc looked at these guys like they were strange, but then again they were probably looking at him the same way.



Overall, it was a fun trip. Linc had a lot of fun and enjoyed all the new things to look at and listen to. He really enjoyed the butterfly dome. There were hundreds of butterflies that would fly right in front of our face and some even land on you. He got down to walk a little and they were flying all around him. He looked at them in amazement. He fought taking a nap, but when he did fall asleep the 20 minutes that he slept were enough to get him through.