Tulsa Zoo

This past Saturday after Corey got finished with work we headed west to Tulsa, OK to take Wesley to the zoo.  I was set on taking him to the zoo for the first time since we had an open weekend, and even though Corey was hesitant because of the heat, he obliged.  I was aware that it was 100 degrees plus outside, but I figured there would be lots of shaded walk ways and inside exhibits - we packed a cooler with lots of water and off we went.

So we made the 2 hour trip and found out that in reality there are no shaded walk ways and there were lots of closed exhibits and rides due to the heat.  Needless to say, no more zoo in mid July.  We'll do the aquarium in the summer and the zoo in the spring/fall.  It was just way too hot - even the animals knew that and most of them were inside.  Overall we had fun spending time as a family of course, but Corey says unless its a water park there will be no more outside attraction trips in the middle of the summer.  My bad.

 Snoozing on the way to the zoo

 The Tulsa Zoo!

 Daddy and Wesley

 Mommy and Wesley

 Cooling off in one of the exibits

Testing out the earthquake simulator

 Snow Owl

 Grizzly Bear - he walked out and then right back in

 Pointing at the Grizzly Bear - he said 'Puppy'!

 Looking at the birds

 Wesley showing daddy the rattlesnake

 Big Rhino

 Taking a break to have a Coke icee

 The lion - inside

 The tiger in his pool

 Trying to spot a penguin

 The were all inside as well :(

 Flamingos

Looking at the flamingos with daddy

 This bird was panting!

 Baby monkey - it was so cute, it was playing with Wesley through the glass

 Zebras - in the shade

 We let Wesley out of his stroller to get some energy out

 He was afraid to walk over this drainage grate

 Running in the grass

 Found an electrical outlet

 Helping daddy push the stroller

 Petting the tortoise statue

 Last animal we saw - the 60 year old elephant - he was inside as well

Watching Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on daddy's phone on the way back home