Henry loathes the heat. We are not too far behind in his disdain, either, so it was a huge relief when the weather graced us with rain--chilly, big glopping rain--this weekend.
Cory and I already decided to head to the zoo on Saturday morning, and when Henry wholeheartedly agreed to the plan, we knew that it would be pretty difficult to back out when the sprinkles started. Plus, the cooler temperatures beckoned us to ignore our missing umbrellas and just dash from cover to cover to wait out the biggest drenches of refreshing drops. Once in the zoo, we darted around wiser, umbrella toting visitors and made our way to the reptile exhibit, which offered shelter and lots of excited exclamations from our little snake lover.
The relenting rain gave us opportunity to visit most of the animals who also seemed pretty relieved and refreshed.
The orangutans didn't appreciated the precipitation, though, and remained in their hidden quarters while we waited out another downpour in their observation area. Baby Bob didn't show, but Henry did observe that his hand is smaller that Mia, the male.
We loved watching Henry splash around the little rivers and puddles.
It never occurs to us to buy the little packs of crackers that you can feed to the animals, but a friendly mom whose child had enough of feeding the goats offered the rest of the crackers for Henry to feed to the greedy animal.
I think that, from now on, rain won't deter us from outdoor time--especially during the hot summer. Henry acted as though a weight was lifted off his shoulders for the whole day.
See? No weight on his shoulders. His arms kept floating up. (Actually, he's flexing his toned muscles for Joy II (elephant).)
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