Lone Star State, Day Four

Zoo and Nostalgia

Before moving to Maryland, we lived in Houston for ten years and part of this trip was planned to visit some of our old haunts. First up was the Houston Zoo. We visited there often when the boys were young, and it was a family favorite. It did not disappoint all of these years later. 

Below are some pictures of our day. BTW, get ready for a lot of animal pictures.😀

The zoo was busy with timed entries. We saw lots of strollers and kids on school field trips. but it was not too crowded to enjoy things. The field trip kids reminded me of when I went with Andrew here on his first grade field trip.

Galapagos tortoises

Orangutan

Baby Asian Elephant Kirby. She is a year and a half old.

Zoo humor elephant sculpture

Male African Lion

Female African lion

Ankole cattle

Malayan tiger. Even though this tiger weighs over 300 pounds, it looks just like a house cat when it's sleeping.

Cougar

Giraffes

Mongoose

Whooping crane. I had special interest in this bird since I recently read a book about Texas whooping cranes.

Bald eagle

After the zoo, we drove around our old neighborhood and found our former house. Both have aged well.

And we ended the day with some good Texas bbq. Ward had ribs and brisket and I had a baked potato.

Until next time...