September & August Oakland Zoo Visits

Sunday September 22nd the bowling alley was swamped with a tournament.  Foregoing our weekly outing at the bowling alley with Alex we went instead to the Oakland Zoo. We had bought a membership, philanthropically motivated to support the zoo. In retrospect that membership was a great idea. We drove up, parked and entered for free — a perk of our membership — and spent about three pleasant hours there riding the aerial tram, eating lunch, and strolling the lower level. Once we had an unlimited number of entries available, we were willing to spend a few hours there without the compulsion to invest a whole day. Alex loves the aerial tram ride. The visit was worth it just to see the little grin on his face while we were up swinging through the sky. These next two photos show Alex on the way up and on the way down.

Our previous zoo visit on Sunday August 25th we had walked the upper level only, so this time we did the lower level with the giraffes, and primates. The weather was beautiful. We enjoyed a brief but pleasant afternoon outing. 

When I went to enter the link for our Oakland Zoo visit in August I found I had never written it. For completeness here is a smattering of the activities we did then and the animals we saw that day. First, more tram ride photos:

 

Animals we saw — wolves, mountain lions, owls:

Then, some photos taken while awaiting the train ride and more photos once onboard

These animals were not very wild and so barely fenced in, but I found them very interesting anyway.

On the ride home Alex was very content with his purchases and hung onto them all the way home.