Monkeying Around

We had been in Florida for a week or so when we started to feel like we should probably do something other than lay out in the sun and play in the ocean/pool (though the girls weren't sure why we had to do this).  As we were batting around ideas of what we could do that would get us out of the house, Grampa mentioned the zoo just up the road in Naples and we knew we had our afternoon planned.

We got there just after an early lunch (we stopped on our way to satisfy one of my stateside cravings - Culvers).  Once at the zoo we  on and went in search of the animals.  And for many of them we had to really search as it was a hot day, it was just after lunch and they were all off napping.  Luckily, we made it in time for the Meet the Animals show which allowed us an up close and cage free view of some of the animals.  Including the sloth, which made MadHatter squirm in delight as it is one of her favorite animals and being thisclose was a dream.

After the show, we found that more of the animals were awake and ready to be seen.  We even got a chance to feed the giraffes a light snack!

It was a great, albeit hot, afternoon of family fun.  We got to see some animals we had never seen before in any of our other zoo visits around the globe (Malayan Tigers!  Sloth!) and generally just had a great time.  Of course, the girls were right back in the pool once we got home but at least we got them out for a different sort of fun.