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| Main Lake in the Zoo |
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| A Fiesty Little Javelina |
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| Cute Critter Up Close and Personal (no telephoto lens) |
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| 40 Year Old Asian (former circus) Elephant |
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| White Rhinoceros |
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| Colorful Sumatran Tiger |
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| African Lion |
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| Golden Eagle |
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| A Colorful Bird |
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| Black Swan |
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| Mandrills |
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| Non Zoo Resident Caught Having Lunch |
Today we visited the Phoenix Zoo all day. It is a large zoo with about twelve hundred critters to see in many natural-looking habitats and exhibits along about two and one-half miles of walking trails. We got up close and personal with some small monkeys inside their habitat. Dad had a peccary (javelina) sound a grunt, bristle up and charge him while taking a picture. The low wall of the habitat stopped him but the whole herd came running to join the attack. Although they aren't real large it makes you realize what they could do in the wild. Later we talked to one of the elephant trainers and learned a lot about the history of the zoo's elephants. The koala bears were sleeping which they do most of the day. The big cats were very striking. There were many kinds of primates, North American animals, African and jungle creatures, reptiles including a komodo dragon and many colorful birds. On the way home we got into a terrible traffic jam due to an accident involving a semi but we eventually made it. When we got home we visited with some new full-timing neighbors until dusk and then we went for a soak.
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