Blank Zoo Tiger Plays with Kathy
October 5, 2006
We came into Marshalltown and drove around admiring the courthouse. Next we stopped in Bondurant and sent some mail and walked around Petoka Park lake. Sea gulls came by the dozens; they soared and dove before continuing on their journey south. It was like the older birds were teaching the young and playing a bit enjoying soaring and diving. There were grasshoppers too! They hopped when we came close to them, sometimes falling over like they were just learning to hop.
We continued on US65 to the Blank Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. The zoo is mall with lots of animals from Asia, Austrialia and Africa. We walked up the ramp to see the giraffe. They could not reach us; the zoo lets people feed them from the ground where the giraffe reach down to get the crackers. The Gibbons had a great haitat area. Sea Lions got fed; lots of staff go out for the feeding. They use feeding time to look over the seals, check their mouths and train them rewarding them with fish food. The best parts of our experience were the Discovery Center where you go through a maze of caves, amazon rainforest, corl reef and alpine. One room has about 40 Gouldian Finches flying free! One tiger was out in the open cage; another was inside a glass front cage. We had a wonderful interaction with the one in the glass front cage. He stood up and pawed the glass. He was beautiful; big bright eyes, colorful fur and so alert. Go to the Movie Gallery and see Kathy with the this huge tiger.
We drove into town, played trivia at Buffalo Wild Wings and spent the night at the new Waldorf. Lots of new building going on here.
We came into Marshalltown and drove around admiring the courthouse. Next we stopped in Bondurant and sent some mail and walked around Petoka Park lake. Sea gulls came by the dozens; they soared and dove before continuing on their journey south. It was like the older birds were teaching the young and playing a bit enjoying soaring and diving. There were grasshoppers too! They hopped when we came close to them, sometimes falling over like they were just learning to hop.
We continued on US65 to the Blank Zoo in Des Moines, Iowa. The zoo is mall with lots of animals from Asia, Austrialia and Africa. We walked up the ramp to see the giraffe. They could not reach us; the zoo lets people feed them from the ground where the giraffe reach down to get the crackers. The Gibbons had a great haitat area. Sea Lions got fed; lots of staff go out for the feeding. They use feeding time to look over the seals, check their mouths and train them rewarding them with fish food. The best parts of our experience were the Discovery Center where you go through a maze of caves, amazon rainforest, corl reef and alpine. One room has about 40 Gouldian Finches flying free! One tiger was out in the open cage; another was inside a glass front cage. We had a wonderful interaction with the one in the glass front cage. He stood up and pawed the glass. He was beautiful; big bright eyes, colorful fur and so alert. Go to the Movie Gallery and see Kathy with the this huge tiger.We drove into town, played trivia at Buffalo Wild Wings and spent the night at the new Waldorf. Lots of new building going on here.
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