This day has gone to the animals!!

We decided that we would go check out the zoo today. Autumn is doing better and sun is shining!! It was a whopping 39 degrees when we got up this morning, but it warmed up nicely to about 50. As we got in the car and were leaving the house, there were two moose at the end of the street. One of them is the young bull moose that has a volleyball net stuck in his antlers... see what happens when you try to impress the ladies! :O)
We got the zoo around 10:30, and we decided to buy the family annual pass. It was only $75 and we can even get grandparents in for free when they come to visit.... hint, hint. The zoo is nothing like one I have been to before. It is all dirt paths, winding through the trees. Very natural! They have nice amenities for the animals though, plenty of room to roam for the bigger animals. We really loved the wolves! We got there as they were releasing them out to eat. They let them out in groups of two, starting with the eldest. As they let the first ones out one of them was snarling...scary! They have their food hanging in the trees and stuck down in burrows. They definitely weren't like animals that were used to be caged up... they still acted very wild. We came back and watch them a few times, and once actually made the hair in the back of my neck stand on end. The pack of wolves were all watching and sneaking toward something. I stood there watching and they were keeping an eye on a mother who had three young children tottering behind her. They were actually hunting her kids!!
We also enjoyed the tigers and bears. I couldn't believe how close the were to us. The coyote was bigger then what we are used to seeing also. We will definitely be going back many times. We want to see the otters and seals, but for now their area is being repaired and renovated.