Reid Park Zoo

After our morning at the Botanical Gardens we had a quick picnic and then we went on to the Zoo, which was not far away. It's actually down the street from the house where Bob grew up.  He used to go there all the time and visit the elephant, who would smack him on the head when he would open his hand that had no peanuts in it. 

This isn't the same elephant but he still likes them.  Here he is with a bronze statue dedicated to the late local veternarian that was well known in the area.

There we saw animals from Asia and Africa. I was surprised that they didn't have any prairie dogs but Bob said that they don't like to compete with the Desert Museum, that's where the local animals are.

 But we did get to see a baby zebra and some real pretty peacocks and some giraffes.

The zoo had natural habitats and was quite cool in the shade of the trees.  This was the most trees I've seen since I've been in Arizona!

It was a small zoo, but it was nice and we had fun.

A polar bear in Arizona...I think he's the one that wrote to Al Gore about global warming!