Trails of Africa...

Chase and I woke up Saturday morning and decided we wanted to go to the zoo.  Kind of random, I know, but Chase does not have a day off very often and we wanted to take advantage.  We were a little worried we would be the only young adults without children at the zoo and for the most part we were right but we had a great time.  

If you haven't been to The Birmingham Zoo lately...you should go.  They have a new fantastic Trials of Africa part of the zoo that includes all animals of Africa...gorillas, lions, tigers, elephants....everything and it is wonderful.  You really feel like you're in the Lion King with the music playing and everything.  Here a few pictures of my favorite animals and Chase's favorite animals at the zoo.  Mine first....

These sea lions were so fun to watch and we decided that they have it better than any animal at the zoo...they are in the cool water, they all kinds of fun tricks they can do, and they just look so happy...

I loved the gorilla too.  It's so weird to watch them because they are so human-like and this guy looked kind of sad but he has an amazing story.  He was the first gorilla to go through heart surgery in 2004 and he's doing amazing now...I loved him!

I thought these little monkeys were hilarious.  It was hot Saturday so they were really tired obviously but it was so funny the way they were just laaaayed out....

Of course one of Chase's favorite was the lion.  He wasn't very interesting because he was asleep but it was HUGE and so pretty.  

Chase also liked this Bengel Tiger.  He was sleeping too but still gorgeous. 

Of course Chase loved the alligator.  We watch Swamp People all the time and we were hoping Troy wasn't anywhere around (if you watch Swamp People you know what I'm talking about...he's our favorite Cajun).  We wanted to watch him get fed but we weren't willing to fight 40+ small children..he was pretty scary...

We both liked this massive elephant.  He wouldn't turn around but he was dancing which was entertaining.  Like I said they have this Lion King like music playing in this part of the zoo and that elephant was swaying back and forth and it looked just like he was dancing.  
We had a great time and if you have nothing to do...you should definitely go to the zoo no matter how old you are or whether you have small children or not....