Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Tuesday Zoo Date


The one thing Robert is always good at doing is spoiling me; from food, to back rubs, to spontaneous camping trips, to movies, and our little day dates - he pretty much spoils me everyday.


On Tuesday he decided we'd be going to zoo! Now, I'm a lover for all animals (yes, even those creepy crawling ones) and the Zoo (any zoo really) is in my top 10 favoritest  places to go. So after we munched down our blueberry waffles and bacon, finished up some movie we had started, we finally headed towards the zoo.




Now the Fort Worth Zoo is my favorite zoo in the metroplex. Most of the animals seem well cared for, the zoo is usually very clean, and it doesn't seem like anything is really closed/not working. Well today that all changed. 





Most of the animals we saw during our trip looked lethargic and depressed, not to mention most of the animals people "come to see" *cough cough* elephants, rhinos, giraffes *cough cough* were either not out entirely, or only a few were visible.  I can say today's trip made me begin questioning whether the animals here were actually ever interacted with by their caretakers (besides the ones that do the shows obviously).


At this point half way through our date, and Robert taking some photos of the animals that we did see, we began to notice that little food stations were closed AND then the bird feeding cage thing was closed to. We weren't that surprised because after all it was a Tuesday - almost noon. Then we made it to the main "attraction" area where the train was and even the train was closed. What the frickity frack. Then the ice cream parlor, general store, and the Bluebonnet Cafe (Dickey's Barbecue, Pizza Hut, and Ranch Grill) were all closed. The ice cream parlor just wasn't open, but the others were having construction (new roofing) done. Actually, there was a lot of construction happening during our visit to the zoo this time (even at the front entrance there was construction). 





Now I was a little upset about the Parrot Paradise being closed because I was carrying $6.51 cents on me in change. Then I figured I'd go buy an ice cream with my quarters and penny, but then THEY were closed too! Argh.


Anyways, overall our zoo date was very peaceful and romantic. I think my favorite part was all the noisy birds we heard throughout the zoo (they had construction going on near the birds and to the birds habitats). I also liked seeing all the moms and their kids with them. Gave you that little "safe" feeling at being at the zoo, plus all the security guys riding around on their bikes made you feel safe as well.


Now enjoy some of Robert's amazing photographs he was able to capture on our date. 
He took all these photos using a Canon 7D Mk II and Canon 70-200 f/2.8L IS.








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