Off to the zoo...

Our good friends Ryan and Shannon sent Katherine (and us) a gift for her second birthday back in June...passes for everyone to go check out the Papanack Animal Park Zoo and we finally got around to going to check it out.

Actually, we had tried once before, but it turned out that the weather forecast for Barrhaven (south Ottawa) and Rockland (just east of Ottawa) were VERY different...we were rained out the first day we tried.

Anyway, when I got back home I noticed I didn't take too many pictures with Katherine actually in them, but here are few picks highlighting some of the more memorable sights.

Katherine was nervous at first, but still talks about petting the zebras...


Monkey island was cool...these guys can really fling themselves around.


The big cats were great, including this cheetah taking it easy in the sunshine.


Katherine didn't really want to go, but had about this much fun checking out the animals we generally only read about or see cartoon depictions of.


Thanks again to Ryan and Shannon for our fun and memorable day!