A Zoorific Day!

I heard a statistic the other day, which was something like 17 out of the first 19 days of October have been either overcast or raining. Nice. This is why when the sun came out on Saturday morning, we (Hayden) decided it was a zoo day, for sure.

We started out on the Northern Trail outside, and it was so beautiful. The trees were at their peak color change, and ranged from yellow to bright red. It was so warm outside, we were wishing we hadn't worn sweaters, although we tried not to complain too much after all the cold and rain as of late.

Here are some cute, little Prairie Dogs from the Northern trail. We always love to sit and watch these guys.

Next we headed inside to do the Minnesota Trail and the Tropics Trail. The highlight of our entire day was a beaver sighting. In all the years that we have been members at the MN zoo, we have yet to actually see a beaver out of their den. Yesterday, to our surprise, this big guy (or gal) was just posing for a photo op, right out of our reach. I had to take a picture, as I figured it would probably be another 4 years before we saw another!! :)

Here are Hayden, Jon, and Erica looking under the beaver dam--but there was no action here, as usual!

This gorgeous flower was from inside the Tropics Trail, and matched Erica's outfit so well. I would've picked it, but thought that may be frowned upon.....so instead I just took a picture.

Below we are checking out the smelly warthogs--aka "Pumba!"

And finally--after a long, fun-filled day at the zoo, Hayden and Erica enjoyed some ZZzzz's, and mom and dad enjoyed some silence!!