More Zoo, Less... other stuff.

We went to a zoo last week.

This time it was the Southwick Zoo. This zoo is a little bit different. It's heavy on the monkeys, which is good, in my book. It's also heavy on the mechanical kiddie rides that go around in circles, which is not as great, in my book, but which the kids really seemed to like. It also has things like lions and tigers, which not all zoos these days are able to have. And it also has not only pony rides, but camel rides, and elephant rides!
The elephant rides were closed that day, as was the elephant show. Apparently the elephants were a little tired. The camel rides were going, but the only one that seemed excited about those (besides me) was Andrew, and once we got there the sign said You Must Be 3 Years Old To Ride Camel! I told him he was too little, and he screamed such a scream that I quickly whisked us away to the ponies.
Nick rolled his eyes at the ponies and said he didn't want to didn't want to didn't want to how BORING! But once he went around and around riding BY HIMSELF oh a pony named Brownie, and got to pat the pony afterward, he declared the pony ride the best part of the zoo.

I don't have a photo of the pony ride, because I was walking next to Andy, riding a small pony named Winnie, and trying to keep him from pitching off sideways. Apparently the up-down motion of a pony ride is hilarious and had him in giggles the whole time, but he kept letting himself get jiggled sideways. Good thing it wasn't a camel.
Since I have no Pony Picture, here's a kind of fuzzy shot of the boys in front of some giant tortoises.