A Wild Time in Pattenville this week-end!

To continue the celebration of Jimmy's 21st. birthday Cory and Kristal and the kids came down for the week-end. They came down on Friday night so that we could go to the San Francisco zoo on Sat. morning. We had a great time at the zoo. They have fixed up a lot of the zoo and made a lot of new animal habitats. We especially had fun watching the monkeys...as usual. We had fun watching these one monkeys... they had a squirrel that had made it's way into their cage through a place where the cage had larger holes in it. One monkey...he looked like the leader of the others...when he saw the squirrel who had climbed up the side of the cage he quickly got over to it and grabbed it and threw it to the ground...probably about 20 feet or so. The poor squirrel survived and hid in the grass under a log for a few minutes then tried to make it's way back up the cage to get out. The monkey who was keeping an eye out saw it and swooped over and grabbed it again and threw it. We were all aghast! We started rooting for the squirrel to get out! The other monkeys in the cage started watching for the squirrel too and trying to get it. The poor little squirrel, every time he got out in the open he would get snagged and thrown. I don't know how he survived! Finally he was able to climb up the cage and out of the hole just a second before the monkey swooped down to get him. We were all cheering...or at least I was! Those monkeys were so fast! They would swing from tree to pole to the cage or whatever so quickly! Squirrels are pretty fast too but he was having a hard time. I think he might have been at the very least given a few bruises from all the throwing! They had a new grizzly bear enclosure that was pretty awesome. It is like the polar bear exhibit in San Diego where the water comes right up to the window. The grizzly bears could get into the water and come right up to the window and put their face against the glass. That was fun seeing them up close and personal with only a glass wall between us. The kids had fun at the petting zoo too. Adam was toddling around and a goat came right up to him, put his nose into Adam's back and pushed him down! Anyway here are some pics of the fun at the zoo!

Grandpa and Megan

Cory and Kristal and kids

Grandpa, Grandma, Jimmy, Megan and Ethan

Jimmy and Jonathan being prairie dogs!

Jonathan and Ethan watching the grizzly bears!