Last Minute Zoo Trip

On the way home from our family camp out, we would be passing right by the L.A. Zoo, and we would be passing by the zoo at about noon, so there would be plenty of time to see animals. We decided to stop. We ate some of our camping food for lunch, applied some sunscreen to every one's faces, pulled out the annual pass, and went in.

Liam woke up that morning saying his left foot hurt. We thought maybe it was due to the way he slept, or a bug bite or what ever, but he seemed fine with it. But as we were walking up to the zoo entrance, we noticed he was limping quite a bit. It also seemed a little swollen. It must have gotten tweaked at the beach the day before. He hasn't really complaining about it, but you could tell it was bothering him. We asked him if it was hurting him a lot, but he said it was only a little. He said he had to walk slow.

Anna gave him a piggy back ride from the entry way till the swans and flamingos. At that point we looked at the tram and thought if it wasn't too much, we would use it this once. $12 later, we were on the tram, on our way through the zoo.

We walked through the areas that most of the animals were. We took it nice and slow. Liam did great, as well as Tegan. Tegan didn't have a stroller to ride in, so she was walking everywhere we were walking too. That probably helped us take a slower pace as well.

A couple hours into our visit, and Liam started to actually complain about his ankle hurting too much. We were right by a tram stop, so we waited for the tram to pick us up and take us to the first tram stop by the flamingos. Once there, I picked Liam up on my shoulders and we all walked down to the entrance.

At the part where the strollers take a side path next to the steps, I was walking down the ramp (the steps would have been too much for my knees with Liam on my shoulders), there's a man pushing a stroller behind a couple of ladies; he's tall, curly hair protrudes out from under a ball cap, he's wearing sunglasses, and I could swear that it's Will Ferrell. I stop and point him out to Anna, and then I see the shoes he's wearing; a tall type of dress shoe that would normally be worn with pants to hide the elastic top of the shoe. It has to be Will Ferrell- only he would openly wear those with shorts and a tshirt. I didn't go back to bother him for a picture. He was there to spend some time with his family, so I left him alone. (sorry Josh)

Anna wanted to take a picture of Liam on my shoulders, so Liam and I hid behind a tree.

But then we had to come out so we could keep going home.

The kids were great. They were already pretty beat from our camping trip, and then they had to hike through the zoo. But it was fun. Glad we stopped.