Last week Jamo's sister came into to town with her boyfriend Oscar. So on Saturday we went with them and Mike and Tracy's family to the St. Louis Zoo. And did you know, that if if you go the first hour the zoo is open that you can get into things for free. I mean, it's free to get into the zoo, which is awesome, but some of the attractions cost moneys. So for the first hour you can do the children's petting zoo, Caribbean Cove (stingrays and sharks), and the carousal for free.
So before the summer ended, I wanted to go see the Stingrays. I didn't get a chance the last couple of years and I've wanted to since they brought the stingrays. It's pretty cool, they have this little shallow water area the stingrays swim around in circles and you can put your hand it and touch the tops of them. Although I think the guy next to us must have been grabbing their tails or something cause they hated that dude and would splash like mad. James and I got pretty wet. They also have sharks swimming around, you can't touch those though. And when your done you come out smelling all fishy and covered in salt water. It's pretty much fantastic. Also, James loved splashing in the water and trying to attack the stingrays.
The Zoo also has this new sealion exibit. We've had Sea Lions for years, but they got an upgrade and it's pretty much awesome. They're exibit is larger and you can now walk through it, in an under water tunnel to watch the seals go by. It was super awesome! Of course, since it's new, we had to wait like half an hour to walk through the tunnel, but it was so worth it. Also, it was cool under and this weather has been so stinkin' hot this summer. James thought it was cool anyway.
