Learning should be a joy and full of excitement. It is life's greatest adventure; it is an illustrated excursion into the minds of the noble and the learned.
~Taylor Caldwell
We just got back from a mini vacation. We went to Columbia, SC for the night. I cannot say enough about our hotel it was fantastic! It was a great place to stay. If you ever have to go out of town, look for an Embassy Suites. They are very family friendly.
While in Columbia, we went to Riverbanks Zoo. We love the zoo. While we were there we saw the new lion cubs. They are just too cute!!
I fell in love with the howler monkeys. They were very talkative. I was unaware that their throats would swell to make the noise. Similar to a bull frog.
I could of sat there for ages listening to them. The kids were ready to go. Please excuse the fuzzy picture..it is a new camera.
Another one of my favorite things was to see the tortoises get fed. The older one was guarding his food. I really like this picture.
We also went for a short hike. I loved being in the woods with my family. Squirrel found a tree that looked like it had faery steps(look to the right of the tree). I love her imagination!!
To see more pictures from our trip you can check out these posts:
Before you read any further let me post a disclaimer. There will be some pictures that will be a little graphic. It is a picture of a snake eating. If you think that you or your child will get upset by this please skip the end of this post.
One of the boys' favorite places to visit at the zoo is the reptile house. They love looking at the snakes & lizards.
*****End here if you have a queasy stomach******
One of the neatest things that we saw was a constrictor eating a bird. It was gory, and creepy, but really neat. Here are the pictures that I previously warned you about.
I promise that this is the very last post about Riverbanks. We have been to the zoo many many times. Every time we go the penguins are not very active. Not this time! They penguins were putting on a show. Squirrel was in 7th heaven. She loves penguins.
We also had the opportunity to view some of newest resident flamingos. Tracker was able to pet an adult flamingo. The babies looked very cute with their changing feathers.
I will be posting a few pictures from Edventure tomorrow.
We decided that we needed a day away from everything, so we went to the zoo. We love our membership to Riverbanks Zoo. It is a nice day trip. Here are some of the pictures from our trip.
We were treated to an acrobatic show starring the howler monkeys.
Unfortunately, we learned that one of our favorite animals had passed away. Montgomery("Monty") the Hippopotamus, was one of the original animals that the zoo had. He was just 2 months shy of 36yrs old.
