Hallzooween!

We had such a great weekend and some of it was by complete accident!  My parents came up for the weekend and we had planned on going to the zoo Saturday morning.  However, we woke up and it was cold, dreary and spitting rain.  Should we risk going to the zoo or just stay at home and chill?  In the end, we decided to go and I am so glad we did!  I knew the zoo was doing special displays and Halloween decorations but the zoo was doing trick or treat!  I'm sure this is normally a very busy weekend but the rain must have scared everyone away, like it almost did us.  We practically had the zoo to ourselves!  I've never been there when it has been so empty. 

 

I was unprepared for trick or treat but luckily packed our lunch so I emptied the little cooler I brought so Rory would have a bag to keep his stash.  We stopped at as many stations as we could and Rory caught on very quickly.  He had "trick-or treat" figured out by the second or third station and was raking in the candy!

 

 

One my my favorite parts of the zoo regardless of the season is the kangaroo exhibit. It is set up so you can actually go in and walk around with the kangaroos.  Of course, there are little rails up but generally you can be right up next to them!  This little kangaroo is Caraline and we've gotten to see her a lot this summer.  The exhibit volunteer said she was raised by humans so she isn't afraid to come right up and say hello!

Before we left Rory was showing off his "scared" face!!

We had a great time and I'm sure we will never have another opportunity like then when we have the zoo nearly to ourselves!