Hogle Zoo Fun

Yesterday we braved the Hogle Zoo. We had an awesome group - Brent, Suiska, Claudia, Mom, Paul, Emma, and me. It was such a beautiful day, partly cloudy with a light breeze. The highlight was the bird show! We got to see a new tenant at the zoo, a stellar sea eagle, named Olga, on loan from the San Diego Zoo. She was gorgeous and huge! When she is ful grown she'll have an eight foot wing span. Emma loved watching the birds. One almost took off with her, she was standing on Mom's legs and the bird flew right over our heads. It almost touched her. Her eyes were so big, but she had a smile on her cute little face. We also got to see a beautiful owl. Emma has been under the weather with a tummy bug for several days so she had her moments, like peeing on the ground by the elephant enclosure. She needed a rapid diaper change and it was a two person job, so Paul picked her up and had her stand on the ground. Suddenly I heard this soft splashy sound, and when I looked up I couldn't stop laughing. The funniest part was that a zoo personnel was standing with everyone else and talking to them about the elephants, only two feet away. Mom realised what was happening and started to giggle. It was pretty comical! We really had a wonderful day. Emma loved the animals and called everything "kitty", even the elephants. ha ha We're working on that. I've got a lot of pictures to post of our escapade, so once we're home I'll put them on.