Last Saturday we took advantage of another free day at one of our local attractions. The Milwaukee zoo! Free meaning $12 for parking. It was quite a bit of fun to get out of the apartment for an afternoon. We wanted to go earlier in the day, but I was at the office doing a 2 hour "Super Saturday" event for the first time.
The first building was the primate exhibit. Leah and I have never seen orangutans and gorillas before, so it was pretty cool to see their mannerisms and how huge they are. The other monkeys like at John Ball seemed so tiny after that. It was a sunny, but very cold and windy day, so we just kept going from building to building. When we came out of the aquarium building, this is what we saw:
Either the peacocks escaped or they just run feral. It was really cool to see them up close and against the white snow. On a side note, we decided not to take pictures of the animals in their cages because it would just look sad. A little part of both of us feels weird about looking at animals that are kept behind glass. We also went to the small mammal exhibit which had huge fruit bats that you could actually see up close and not tucked away in some dark corner. I think the coolest part for us both was the aviary. The first room was huge with a waterfall, stream and tons of birds flying and walking around. Sorry that this is another picture of Leah and some birds, it just turned out that way:
These little guys were just waddling around the bushes while the bigger birds were flying above us. The rest of that building was pretty cool too. there were smaller areas that just had vertical wires instead of glass between us and the birds, so you could hear all the little noises they were making. Here is a rhinoceros hornbill that we thought was pretty sweet (internet pic):
The next day we went to the 20 somethings church group super bowl party at someone's parents' house (very nice). Again, it was great to get away. Leah lucked out and got to use the hot tub, girls only. The game was great. I should have bet some serious $ because I predicted that saints would get an interception in the second half and win by 1 touchdown.
This weekend we (I) watched some of the Olympics (while Leah was studying). The last time I really watched any games was probably in high school. Best to watch in my opinion: Luge, aerial skiing, short track speed skating and downhill slalom. Saturday we went to Doctor's Park again. It was a calm sunny day and it was great to see the sun on Lake Michigan. For those of you who have been asking, yes there are ice bergs here too, but they are only 6-8 ft tall. And yes, I did get in trouble for bringing rocks home (I have to bring them back). Sunday we had a nice Valentine's dinner at home. Thanks to Joel and Julie we had shrimp tomato basil pasta with a $3 bottle of wine from Aldi. Leah also made red velvet cupcakes without the one whole bottle of red food coloring for dessert.
