Minnesota Zoo

I think we've mentioned that we live really close to Como Zoo, and that admission is free, so we've been quite a few times. But we recently decided to check out the Minnesota Zoo.
It rained quite a bit while we were there, so we didn't spend a lot of time at the outdoor exhibits. But we were pretty excited about how easily we were able to find the animals. They were all out where we could see them. And some came really close!

Like this brown bear just hanging out by the glass.

 They also had a spicial dinosaur exhibit going on when we went. Getting into the exhibit cost extra, so we didn't actually go in, but there were some dinosaurs and dinosaur footprints throughout the zoo that were pretty fun to see.

While walking around, and trying to keep out of the rain, we came upon a carousel, so we decided to go for a ride. The kids both liked it.

Out of all the cool animals to ride on, Joslyn picked the tiger cub.

 
They had a lot of indoor stuff to look at.  There was a large indoor rainforest area.  It had a lot of weird birds as wells as small crocodiles and a couple komodo dragons.  They even have a nice aquarium with lots of jellyfish and small sharks that you're allowed to touch.

Dorian got to ride on the hippo next to Joslyn.

The best part of having the Minnesota Zoo and the Como Zoo so close is that they have almost no overlap.  They don't have very many of the same animals.  The Como Zoo has more monkeys and gorillas, while the Minnesota Zoo has more reptiles and an aquarium.  One has brown bears, the other has polar bears, etc.  

They both had so much fun!

The kids really like the zoo and want to go back again soon.  There are several play areas and jungle gyms throughout the zoo for them.  We'll write another post soon.