Point Defiance Zoo

We got in super late to Natalie's (the ferries were running late-- if you're watching the sunset in Seattle in early July, it's probably after 9pm!), threw everyone in sleeping bags and tried our best to get a good night's sleep because the next morning we were going to the Point Defiance Zoo!  Tracy and Cora joined us, too, and we had a delightful time!  The weather was perfect, also, so you really couldn't ask for a better day!

Caleb and Claire crack me up!

Snack time!

At the entrance  

Selfie with an elephant!

Camille pointing to the tiger behind her

They brought this beauty out and Kendra gasped, "I LOVE clouded leopards!" I'd never even heard of a clouded leopard before!

This shot is so great it looks fake.  Yay, hammerhead sharks!  Yay for Craig getting the timing just right!

Camille reached into the touch pool and asked what something was and the zoo worker calmly answered, "That's a rock."  Camille will definitely carry out my dream of becoming a marine biologist!

Kendra thinks we should get something like this for our living room.  Who doesn't love a glass sphere filled with jellyfish?

Bentley says jellyfish are proof that aliens have visited our planet.  It's hard to argue with that-- they are absolutely bizarre.  But I like how Colton is mesmerized by them here!

Very excited by the sea lion

This poison arrow frog looked so fake to me.  I mean, I saw it moving, so I don't actually think it is fake.  But it was WEIRD looking.

There was a petting zoo with goats and one of them was named BENTLEY!

Near the end, Camille got tired.  And sultry.

We said a sad farewell to Tracy, then, and stopped by Panda Express on our way home.  It was Natalie and Cameron's anniversary, so they went out to dinner and we babysat for them.  It made for a happy day for everyone!

And finally, this may or may not interest you, but the first thing we saw at the zoo were a bunch of red wolf pups running around playing and it was SO FUN to watch!  I've never seen any zoo animal be that active, and we must have stood around watching them for a good 20 minutes!  They were so wild and athletic!