With Grace’s fascination with animals growing by the day, we decided to take her to the zoo. She loved her first visit to the zoo in Denver, so we brought her to the Blank Park Zoo in Des Moines. For a small zoo, its quite good, and Grace had a great time! She especially enjoyed “Kid’s Kingdom” where she got to see and feed lots of animals up close.
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And a few additional videos of Grace feeding and watching the animals:
Then on a recent trip to Minneapolis, we made a point to swing by the zoo there.
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And lots of videos of the action. The first is Grace playing in the tunnel through the monkey house:
Next is Grace getting some close action of a Russian Grizzley Bear:
Grace getting a close encounter with a leapord:
And Grace’s first encounter with a shark:
And a short video of the sea dragons that Grace liked: