Sunday, October 17, 2010

St. Louis Zoo

St. Louis Zoo is incredibly beautiful, diverse and free! We have visited zoos all over the country and several in Europe---none compare. I went frequently as a child and this gorilla habitat is much better than Phil the Gorilla who was caged and loved throwing his water out on the visitors. . .or at least I was told it was water.
Dave and I went a few weeks ago---we enjoyed the animals, but we also. . .
Enjoyed the beautiful landscaping.
Many of the exhibits are very natural looking like the flamigos above. . .
But, other animals have habitat needs like the puffin and penguin exhibit.
Parts of it are inside where it is cooled, but some is outside.
We also enjoyed riding the train around the perimeter of the zoo.
With the weather a little cooler, all of the animals were out-and-about.
We only saw about a quarter of the zoo, but vow to go back again soon to see more of it.

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Between Two Worlds

Most of my life, I've considered it fortunate that I was just ahead of the Baby-boom. Generally, the Baby-boomers were born between 1946 and 1964 after the fathers returned from World War II. It was a huge population explosion that has reverberated through American society.

This blog will be part history, part memories, part reflections of a retired teacher, but active "Senior". I have always felt like I straddled two generations forming a bridge. Sometimes I think like a baby-boomer, but sometimes I'm locked into my parents' Depression era thinking. I'm a dichotomy of two eras. But, I'm always ready to try something new---so here I am dipping my toes in the water of Blogworld.