After William's Kindergarten class went on their whirlwind field trip to Binder Park Zoo, I was so impressed, I wanted to bring everyone to see it!
So, a few weeks later we went to visit this really pretty zoo! Sadly, the twins never made it with their Kindergarten class, because of Covid.
This year, when the first round of beautiful weather hit, I really wanted to make the trip again, but when I googled "what time does Binder Park Zoo open" the answer was May 1st. lol. Not quite what I was expecting.
We were busy the first weekend of May, but as this was Mother's Day weekend, we were pleasantly free, and made the trip.
Parking lot picture, just in case we have to describe a missing child. = (
And rear-view, because my children are strange?
Grace spied an ant, and started enjoying the zoo before we even got through the entrance.
When we did make it to the counter, it was cheaper for us to buy a membership than to pay for a single day. Turns out, we did the same thing back in 2019! So, we are now members of Binder Park Zoo.
This post is going to have a smattering of pictures that I pulled from our 2019 trip too! Aren't you excited? The Dodo in 2019.
Grace and the turtle had a moment,
until the turtle realized there was no food involved.
Everyone was impressed by the elphant, again!
And Grace with the elephant back in 2019.
The poison dart frogs looked totally fake. They looked like someone put plastic in the case and called it good! At least until they jumped.
We paused several times for pictures on the butterfly benches!
Snow Leopard Exhibit.
We all loved the North America bridge.
But William rocked the pose!
Seriously, did you look?
I couldn't find the Houston Zoo picture with Alice and Emily and the Lion. = (
After careful examination, we concluded that the giraffe was cut from a single piece. We were impressed.
Prairie Dogs! Because Billy and I didn't see enough on our way to Walmart in Lubbock. But, I don't know that I have any pictures of them, so at least now I have one! = )
The tram was complementary, so we weren't sure what the ticket passes that we paid for were for.
William's first time on the tram in 2019!
Juliet's most anticipated animal was the giraffe, so she was really excited to see two right after we disembarked!
I wouldn't think this would be a very comfortable way to eat!
The walking paths are my favorite!
While we didn't carve our initials, there they were: Daddy + Mutti!
Feeding the Giraffe's was a highlight for all five!
Emily got a good picture!
Lots of animals out roaming around.
Despite the sunscreen we applied, Emily started to burn, so I gave her my scarf, to help as much as it could, until we made it back out to the car. So here she is in a zebra scarf, posing as close as we could get to the zebras.
Alice was a big fan of the old tech that they had on display.
And the camouflage netting.
Juliet in her "Carol" outfit.
From this point on, we were kind of tired, and a lot silly, so many, many random pictures to follow.
This one comes with a 2019 flashback:
Pretending that William is driving:
Shhhh, they are pretending to be a tree.
Based on the new wood, we think a tree fell. = (
But now they are the tree?
It was totally posed, but I love it!
Emily turning a random valve. Nothing happened.
William looks like he's waiting for a bus. Really, he was just waiting for us to finish inside the shop.
A bowl that has a giraffe that looks as graceful as the giraffe that we saw.
Wire and Bottle Cap Turtle sculpture!
Once we finished in the Safari area, we headed back to the car to get part two of our lunch, and reapply sunscreen.
Emily found a very old leaf.
And the kids climbed the small hill.
Then I did, so this is the reverse view.
When we headed back in, we went to an area that we hadn't been to on either of the previous trips: Zoorassicpark!
My Alisaur in the middle of a group of Allosauruses.
Giant Puzzle!
So, it turns out that the tickets we bought were for a tiny train ride!
Reminded us of the minecart ride, but much slower!
And Emily's pictures of the little stream, since mine were not great.
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A nifty detail on the seats of the train.
This bird was absolutely posing for us! A very pretty bird, and he knew it!
One of the last things we did was a trip on the carousel. I went too! Billy did not, he got an icee instead.
Very happy!
Once the food was gone, the goats went back to being brushed.
The bathroom was very fallout-esqe.
Saying goodbye! We almost closed them down.
On our way back, we planned to stop for ice cream. However, en route, Billy decided that he was actually hungry, and there was a Chinese place just a few doors down from the ice cream shop. So, we had Chinese food, then ice cream on our way home!
It was a lovely day! Perfect weather, everyone had a good time! In fact, the next day Alice asked if we could go back to the zoo (that day!) So, we've already got plans to go again next week!
later days
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