Zoo! Part 2…
We left the zoo and walked over to RJ Grunts for lunch. Food adventurous baby loves the salad bar. Lots of new flavors went into his belly, balsamic mushrooms, feta cheese, roasted beets and jello to name a few! He was also a big fan of the cream of mushroom soup. The best cream of mushroom soup I have ever had. It was amazing. Incredible. Delectable.
After lunch it was back to the zoo to check out the monkeys, gorillas and in Caruso’s case, the White Cheeked Gibbons.
Caruso likes the ladies and put on quite a show, especially when I tried to walk away. Next we went to see the gorillas. Training was happening with one group which was kind of interesting but we left and walked over to the next group which I will describe as the silverback, mom and the feisty young boy. Here’s mom…
It was one of those great moments where a small group of people were interacting around a small group of gorillas. Mr. Young & Feisty gorilla kept messing with the big silverback. He would sit there and then you could tell he couldn’t control himself anymore and would run and hurl himself on the silverback. Now that guy could have totally ripped his head off with his giant gorilla paws, not to mention his massive fangs, but he didn’t, even when the little guy bit his lip and made it bleed a little. He was totally playing too!
Sitting down on ground level, up against the glass the silverback was terrifying. I knew I was safe behind the glass but it was still a little scary being that up close and personal with such speed and power.
At one point they were playing too rough and mom stepped in…
When she slapped the male we all laughed. It was like watching Gorilla Jerry Springer.
Canyon slept through the whole thing.






















































