Mini Road Trip...

... Saturday the four Guthries hit the road and headed East, towards Destin. There was a activity planned for each of us to enjoy: The surprise for the kids was that we were going to The Zoo of Northwest Florida. There were two scrapbook stores for me to stop at (if you want details, head over to my scrap blog) and Rodney would get to stop at the Bass Pro Shop Outdoor World in Destin.

We left at noon and didn't get ack until 8 p.m., so the boys, who had gotten up around 6:30 a.m., did not get a nap. Here are the photos...



Peacocks roamed the zoo free and we got pretty close to them, although they did not allow us to pet them.


The otter swam by just as I took this photo.



The boys fed Gabby the Giraffe. The little girl with them happened to be there with her parents and her dad was a student of Rodney's.


Xan was amazed that there were cattle his size.




And, the tigers, of course were cute.


The alligators were one of Will's favorite animals - he had to go see them twice.



These Australian black swans (pictured with their fuzzy gray babies) were pretty aggressive as they grabbed food from your fingers.


These siamangs, a species of monkey, were fun to watch. The 8-month old baby was about 20 inches tall and knew how to play his Mom and Dad. Dad would torment baby, baby would run to Mom, Mom would growl at Dad, Dad would back off, baby would torment Dad when he wasn't looking, starting the cycle back up again.


This backpacked baby taramin was my favorite. His face was the size of a cutie orange.