Doing WDW on my own again, a February 2012 PTR

[teekathepony]

Hope you and the critters are all keeping safe!
Those kittens are so so so adorable! So good of you to do what you do for them. Love your dog, what a great face!

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Hope you and the critters are all keeping safe!
Those kittens are so so so adorable! So good of you to do what you do for them. Love your dog, what a great face!

Thanks! We are all safe. Just some branches down and lots of rain, but no big problems for us.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

First of all, I hope everyone is safe and has had a good weekend. My weekend was.....interesting! I got to experience Irene yesterday, overnight and this morning. I took a lot of pictures, so I thought I'd share them with you guys.

The clouds moved in on Friday, in the late afternoon. This is right over my garage at around 7:30pm on Friday.

The next morning the sky was completely cloudy, but no rain yet. Here are some pictures I took at around 10:30am on Saturday. The first picture makes it almost look sunny, but as you can tell from the second picture, the sky was actually pretty dark.

While it was not raining yet, it was already quite windy. You can tell from this picture of a tree at the back end of my yard, as it is obvious how much it is moving!

We brought everything either in the house or garage that we could, but we have a large and heavy patio set on the back deck that we had to leave out. We weren't worried about the table, as it literally weighs hundreds of pounds, but we did bungee the chairs to the table to keep them from flying away.

It started to rain, steady but still lightly, around 11:30am. Here is the back yard around 12 noon.

It got a little heavier as the afternoon went on, and the wind increased too. Here you can see the rain in the small puddles on the back deck, at around 2:15pm.

And some of the puddles forming in front of the house.

And you can see how quickly the rain was coming down, as here is that same puddle only 30 minutes later

It was hard to get any shots showing the rain, as my camera is able to focus it right out! But you can get an idea of how heavy the rain was by 3pm from this picture. This is right across the street from my house, maybe 100 feet at the furthest point, but it looks so foggy due to all the rain between me and there!

You can also kind of see the rain in vertical stripes along the edge of my neighbor's pool, and see the rain drops in the water!

An interesting and somewhat funny picture that illustrates how hard the winds were. Despite the puddles everywhere you can see on the trees in my front yard that they are only wet on one side. The wind was blowing the rain at about a 45 degree angle, so the one side of the trees weren't getting wet, even with how heavy it was coming down!

Deeper puddles in my front yard by 5pm, with the heaviest rain and wind still a couple of hours away.

Those are the last pictures I got on Saturday, as it got too dark and dangerous for me to get more. Just getting the last two pictures the wind blew me into the side of my house and I hit my head against the wall. No injury, though it did hurt for a couple of minutes. And I was under the overhang, and only out less than a minute, but was soaked from the wind blowing the rain at me.

Overnight the winds got up to 55 mph sustained, with harder gusts happening frequently. The rain was coming down so hard at times you couldn't see out the windows because of it. The wind was so loud I couldn't sleep, and it was also blowing branches into the side of the house all night. I finally fell asleep around 2am, after turning on 2 loud fans to drown out the rain and wind. Luckily I only lost power once, and it came back on within a minute and only flickered a few times after that.

By 8am on Sunday the rain had stopped, though the wind was still about 30 mph sustained. There are literally hundreds of branches all over my yard, ranging from only a few inches long to as long as 4 feet long. Here are a few pictures from my yard (which is still a mess) and back deck.

As of 11:30am the sky was still dark, and the wind had not let up, but it only drizzled again for about 10 minutes before stopping for good.

I did go out to a couple of stores, and around 1pm I was finally able to start seeing blue sky again.

And by 2pm there was more blue sky than clouds. You could see the edge of the last bands from the hurricane that were coming around, making a distinct line in the sky.

And then by 3pm it was all blue sky!

I got some of the sticks and branches cleaned up from the yard, but not much. I heard from my assistant earlier today that our office did not have power earlier, so I will go in tomorrow morning, but don't know how long I will be able to stay if the power hasn't been restored.

As of right now there are still over 100K homes and business without power in my county alone, and over 400K in the state of Maryland. They are working around the clock, but the winds continued to knock down trees and power lines all afternoon, so for every area they restored power, another lost theirs. The number of places without power has not changed all day, despite the number restored going up throughout the day. Schools in most of the state, including my county, are closed tomorrow since many of them are without power and they are still checking them for damage. Over 95% of my family lives within an hour of me, and thankfully everyone is okay. Some family members are without power, but no one was injured and no damage to any homes.

I hope no one here has had any damage or injuries, and am praying for everyone impacted by Irene.

 

[mickeystoontown]

You are so blessed to have had no real damage from the hurricane. I am sure that you were nervous during the whole thing.

 

[teekathepony]

Wow, looks messy but I'm glad you had no real damage.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

You are so blessed to have had no real damage from the hurricane. I am sure that you were nervous during the whole thing.

Wow, looks messy but I'm glad you had no real damage.

Thanks to both of you! I was definitely worried, but so glad my neighborhood is okay. My office is actually worse off than my house, so I am working by cell phone today. My office has no power, no phone lines, and the ceiling leaked water in, creating puddles and destroying our phones. Oh, and part of the ceiling fell in and one of the fluorescent lights is hanging by the wires only. My boss is going by this afternoon to fix what he can. So, I'm thinking I may go to the National Zoo in DC. If so I will get plenty of pictures to share with you all!

Hope everyone has a good day!

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Hope everyone is doing well! My office now has power, but we still have no phones or internet, so I cannot work again today, except from home and through my cell. So, I'm going to go to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore today! But first I wanted to do an update with the pictures from the National Zoo in Washington DC that I took yesterday.

Getting to the National Zoo is an adventure of it's own. I drove 30 minutes to the Metro station closest to me, New Carrollton Orange line. They have Amtrak lines leaving there too for all over the East Coast. The parking garage for the Metro is actually very nice. It has multi-colored mosiacs all over it. Here are a couple of pictures of them:

The clock tower outside the building is also in that theme

Once I got my ticket ($7.85 round trip, plus $4 for parking in the garage), I managed to get on the train just as it was getting ready to leave. I rode it 13 stops (about 20 minutes) and then transferred to the Red line and rode it 3 stops to this one:

Woodley-Park Zoo/Adams Morgan! Yeah, sounds impressive, right? I did not take pictures of the surroundings, as it is all just apartments buildings. I did take pictures of the first two signs that I was close to the zoo.

That panda is the only one left of a project years ago where local businesses were given a panda and asked to paint it. The Smithsonian National Zoo is known for it's Panda's, so that is why they did it.

From the stop I walked about 4 blocks to get to the actual zoo. Along the way I saw signs of Hurricane Irene having hit Washington DC.

After stopping at a McDonalds along the walk to grab some lunch (much cheaper than inside the zoo!), I made it there.

Those signs and the statue great you at the Connecticut Ave entrance, where I came in. For anyone who has not been there, the zoo itself it completely free to enter and exit. Their parking lot though is $20, which is why I take the Metro, cheaper!

This little sign that is to the side as you enter always makes me laugh. It is a replica of an actual news story, from a while back when squirrels were almost extinct and the National Zoo helped revive the species.

I will say here that I have a Love/Hate relationship with zoos. As an animal lover and rescuer seeing animals that should be in the wild in cages instead upsets me. However, I also understand that the bring the plight of those animals to the public, which helps people want to save them. The National Zoo also has an incredible conservation program. They have a facility in Virginia that is solely dedicated to breeding endangered animals to keep the species alive. This year alone they have had over 2 dozen endangered species born there, and many more at the actual zoo. Additionally, the National Zoo has all it's animals in larger enclosures that emulate their natural surroundings as much as possible. For that reason I love this zoo!

Anyway , I started my walk around the zoo, and got a good picture of the Dama Gazelle.

Grevys Zebra

And the Przewalskis horse

Then I made my way into the Small Mammal House. I'm not going to put the pictures of every animal, as that would be over 200 pictures, so I'll just put the best or most interesting ones up.

Golden Lion Tamarin

Prevosts Squirrel

Pale Faced Suki

After I finished going thru the Small Mammal House, I made my way over to the Ape House. Usually the Gorillas spend the day outside in a large outdoor yard, but Hurricane Irene did damage to it and they were still doing repairs so they were inside, and pictures were hard to get. I did get this one though, of a keeper feeding one of the female Gorillas.

It was interesting to watch, as they trained them so they can do easy exams on them at feeding time. They say a body part, such as feet or back, and the Gorilla shows them that part for them to check for a piece of food. Once they checked over them they gave them the rest of the food. That way they can do a quick look-over daily to make sure they look okay.

The Orangutan's thankfully did not have their yard messed up, so they were in front of the building having fun.

Okay, so that one was hanging out in the doorway, but it was the best picture I got. They have overhead lines for the Orangutans that allow them to climb up and go from one enclosure to the other, on opposite ends of the zoo! They literally climb on lines overtop of the walkways where people are, with no nets underneath. It is amazing to watch, but no one was climbing yesterday.


To be continued in the next post.

 

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I next went into the Invertebrate House to see some of their interesting animals. It is mostly undersea creatures and bugs.

Orange Julia Butterfly, in their free flight Butterfly house.

Orange Kneed Tarantula

Slipper Lobster

Cuttlefish

Jellyfish

And Coral

Next I headed over to the Reptile House. Out front I saw their Aladabra Tortoises, which are HUGE!

Warning: Anyone who does not like snakes may not like some of these pictures, but I think they are cool! Plus, I promises none of them can get you

Chinese Alligator

Eastern Diamondback

Blue Poison Frog

Green Crested Basilisk

Grand Cayman Iguana (He is about 6 feet long, and his head is about the size of a bowling ball, much larger than the standard Green Iguanas!)

Eyelash Palm Pitvipers. They are really small, and gorgeous!

Merten's Water Monitor

And lastly, my present for Lisa. When can I deliver it to you?

Yeah, that was a Burmese Python. Only about 12 feet long. They have a 20 foot Green Anaconda, but it was underwater and I didn't get a good pic of that.

So, after the Reptile House I headed over to the Big Cats section, which is my favorite!

Sumatran Tiger Female

And a different Sumatran Tiger, this one a male. He was walking around roaring as it was almost dinner time and he was hungry! You could hear him halfway across the zoo.

It is hard to tell from these pictures, but their enclosures, and the lions, are awesome. They are 4 tiered, with tons of trees, bushes and also a water moat. They have a lot of room to run, jump, swim, climb, etc.

The tigers do not currently have any babies, but they did have a litter last year. The lions though have 2 litters of lion cubs, for a total of 7 babies! They are siblings and cousins They have one male, who is the father of both litters, and two females that are sisters that had their litters within a week of each other. They all 9 interact with each other, as the cubs are now about 3-4 months old and are as big as a Great Dane! Yesterday though only the male and 5 of the cubs were out when I went by.

Lion

Lion with some of the cubs

Lion Cub

Continued in next post.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Well, I was gonna say how wonderful your pictures were until I came upon the pictures of those darn snakes! and double I will NOT be giving you my address any time soon so that little, or should I say big, package can stay right where he is.

Seriously, the zoo looks amazing! We have one little bitty zoo nearby and it's in a seedy part of town so we don't go there much. I would love to have such a nice zoo nearby.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

After I finished watching the Lions, I walked past the Prairie Dogs.

Then headed to the farm section. Did I mention that I love this zoo? They even grown their own corn to feed some of the animals, right in the walkways!

Here is Rose, the cow. The whole farm section is also a petting zoo too.

Some alpaca

Miniature Donkeys

And a goat

I next headed to their Amazonia house, which houses all sorts of animals that live in the Amazon River and rainforest.


River Stingray

Some type of Giant Catfish, can't remember which one it is, but it is about 2 feet long

And I also cannot remember what this fish is called, but it is about 1 foot and a half.

Red Bellied Piranha (not part of the petting section! )

Titi Monkey

And a Roseate Spoonbill

Amazonia is the opposite end of the zoo, so I had to walk all the way back, literally uphill the whole way, 1 mile to the section I had skipped on the way down. I went into the Asia Trail, but the Pandas were inside sleeping. I did get a picture of them on the monitors they have out for the visitors.

And the Asian Elephant

I veered off the Trail to the Bird houses next. Leading up to the Bird Houses are 4 large ponds full of local birds, though mostly ducks

These four ponds were paid for my a family whose young daughter loved seeing regular ducks more than anything else at the zoo. Kinda like how pets like to play with the box the toy came in more than the expensive toy. Unfortunately their daughter passed away at a young age, so they had these ponds made in her honor so the ducks would always be there.


I went thru the main birdhouse first, and got some good pics of the birds in enclosures.


Micronesian Kingfisher

Barred Owl

And my favorite of all, the Pygmy Falcon.

That is an adult, they are just always super fluffy, tiny and cute!


Then I went into the Indoor Free Flight Aviary.


Bali Myrna

Nicobar Pigeon (love the colors!)

And the Blue-Gray Tanager

After that I went to the large outdoor Aviary, and got a few more pictures


Peacock

Mandarin Duck

Finished in next post

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Now, I know this is a blurry picture of the Hamerkop, but look at the leaves, sticks and feathers in his mouth.

He was using them to build this

Yes, that is a very large tree with a huge nest in it. And he is less than a foot tall, but the next is probably about 5 feet across.

Lastly in the Bird section, I went around to the outdoor enclosures for the large birds.

Cassowary

Crested Screamer

Whooping Crane

Little Blue Heron

And the King Vulture

Once I finished with the birds, I headed back onto the Asia Trail.


Clouded Leopard

Sloth Bear (isn't he cute!)

He actually stood in front of me for about 5 minutes, just posing cutely and watching me.

And that was the end of the zoo. I was back by the entrance, so I left and walked the 4 blocks back to the Metro, rode it to my car and drove home!



Hope everyone has a great day! I will be back later or tomorrow with pictures from the Maryland Zoo

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Well, I was gonna say how wonderful your pictures were until I came upon the pictures of those darn snakes! and double I will NOT be giving you my address any time soon so that little, or should I say big, package can stay right where he is.

Seriously, the zoo looks amazing! We have one little bitty zoo nearby and it's in a seedy part of town so we don't go there much. I would love to have such a nice zoo nearby.

Okay, I just had to do it! But believe me, I had no desire to take that Python out of there for anyone, even if you had wanted it! I'm not afraid of snakes, but I'm not getting close to one that is over twice the length of me and could easily eat me

I am lucky to have 2 nice zoos within an hour of me. They also have different animals at them, so it is fun to go to both. I actually think the only animals they have in common are the Lions, Cheetahs and Zebras, everything else is different.

 

[mickeystoontown]

Holy cow! or Holy Bird!, I should say. That's one huge nest.

 

[teekathepony]

Ohmigosh I'm so jealous of your proximity to a zoo like that... wow! Here we have a tiny wildlife park with about 20 species. I adore zoos. Great pictures!

 

[aprilisis]

I LOVE all of your storm & your zoo photos! What kind of camera do you have? There are a few animals in there that I have never seen. I agree with you that the Pygmy Falcon is darned cute! That Green Crested Basilisk is really pretty, too. That photo of the lion with the cubs is really awesome!

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Holy cow! or Holy Bird!, I should say. That's one huge nest.

Yeah, just wait. I forgot that the new aviary at the MD Zoo has Hamerkops too, and I got pics of their huge nest as well.

Ohmigosh I'm so jealous of your proximity to a zoo like that... wow! Here we have a tiny wildlife park with about 20 species. I adore zoos. Great pictures!

I don't know what I would do if I didn't live close to a nice zoo, I'd go crazy!

I LOVE all of your storm & your zoo photos! What kind of camera do you have? There are a few animals in there that I have never seen. I agree with you that the Pygmy Falcon is darned cute! That Green Crested Basilisk is really pretty, too. That photo of the lion with the cubs is really awesome!

I have a Nikon L120, which I've only had for a few months now and I LOVE it! I can't wait to be able to use it in Utah and WDW.

They update the animals houses frequently with new species, so there is always at least one new animal I've never seen each time I go there.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

I'll be back very shortly to post the pictures from the Maryland Zoo. It was crazy here at work yesterday, as we finally got power and phones/internet back so I had a ton of stuff to catch up on.

That, and I'm a little freaked out right now. My office is about 3 blocks from the District Courthouse, and a convicted serial rapist choked a security guard, then escaped about an hour ago and is still loose. They have helicopters flying overhead and police at every intersection, including the one outside my office, but it's still rather scary.

 

[PhoenixStrength]

Okay, so as I said my office once again had no power, internet or phones on Tuesday, so I was able to go home and just do what I could via the internet at my house, or on my phone. I decided to head to the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore to have more animal and picture fun!

This time I actually took pictures of Baltimore as I drove through for ya'll. Though, it's not the best representation of Baltimore. We are having our first ever Baltimore Grand Prix this weekend, so the roads in Baltimore are a mess. If your city every decides to do this, be prepared for horrible road messes for weeks beforehand. They started the road closures and construction 3 weeks ago.

These are the lovely walkways overtop what used to be a 5 lane road thru Downtown Baltimore, Pratt Street.

Pratt Street is where the longest stretch of the Grand Prix will be. As I said, it is usually a 5 lane road, the largest and busiest in Baltimore. Well, it is now a 2-3 lane road, depending on the block you are on due to the barriers for the Grand Prix. Here are some of those barriers.

There are risers all across what used to be the outer lanes and sidewalks now for the spectators. I know this will bring a lot of money to MD, but it made what should have been a 5-10 minute section of road take 20 minutes. And it is worse during rush hour.

Once I got past those though I was able to get some good pictures of Downtown Baltimore. Here is the Baltimore World Trade Center. It is the tallest Hexagonal building (meaning 5 sided) in the US, and possibly the world.

The guitar hanging over the Hard Rock Cafe, where I had my most embarassing birthday dinner ever.

I was 13 at the time, and they make the entire restaurant sing Happy Birthday to you, while you stand on your chair for all to see. Embarassing enough for a 13 year old girl, but then there was a group of teenage boys (probably 15-16) in the corner that started screaming (Shake it, Shake it Stephanie) over and over for about 5 minutes afterward. I was mortified and haven't been back since.


Here is the lovely National Aquarium at Baltimore. It is fantastic and I will definitely post pictures the next time I go there.

And finally, the Old Baltimore Shot Tower.

It is over 230 feet tall and was built in 1828. At that time, and until 1846, it was the tallest structure in the United States. In 1971 it was designated a National Historic Landmark.

Once I got past the Shot Tower, it was only 1.5 miles to the zoo. It is amazing to go from the city line, to this:

In only a mile and a half. For about 1/2 mile before the zoo every lightpole has these cute little signs on them letting your know you are close.

They have different animals on each one, and are pictures of the actual animals at the zoo.

As I drove in there was evidence of Hurricane Irene damage. Thankfully there was no damage to any of the animal enclosures and all the animals were safe, but the trees on the way in, and a bridge I'll show you later, suffered some.

Once I parked I made my way to the entrance.

Once I made it there I found a sign that said that the zoo had no power! Because of that entrance was only $5 (regularly $18) and the only place to get food and drinks was the main eatery, as it had a generator. The rest of the smaller places were closed, as were all the bathrooms. They did have Port-a-potties everywhere though.

I walked in to be greeted by the first statue and fountain, right inside the entrance.

The same sculptor did like 5-6 statues throughout the zoo, of different animals. I can't remember his name, but I have other statues of his coming up.

I little bit further is the thing I have the greatest number of memories of in the zoo. No, not any of the actual animals, but this:

There are 2 of these metal Lions right after the entrance, and my mother used to make me and my sisters get on them for a picture everytime we came. We sometimes came 5 or more times a year as kids, but she still wanted that picture everytime.

When I was a kid the zoo was not as nice as it is now. All the animals were in small, metal cages and did not have much space. About 10 years ago they changed and the animals have large, open enclosures. They had plans to renovate the old area and shut it down. Unfortunately in February of 2010 we got 5 feet of snow and it caused over 2 millions dollars in damages. That was almost enough to shut the zoo down, since they are non-profit and did not have the money to fix everything. Thankfully some donors stepped in to keep it running, as did the state by making it a historic site so the state could give it money too. They still haven't been able to fix the old section, but they did rebuild all that was damaged and are doing well now.

I'm saying all of this because when you first come in you walk a little bit, past a gift shop and those statues, then hit the boarded up Old section. You have to walk a 1/2 mile around a back way where there used to be enclosures, but are no more, to get to the exhibits. I don't mind the walk, as it is shaded by a forest on either side and has little informational signs along the way. It also has the remnants of old enclosures that have been unoccupied for over a dozen years.

There are 3 of these abandoned enclsoures along the walkway. They used to have Kangaroo, Bison and some type of antelope in them. Then, one day, they were all gone.

Once I made it down the walkway I made it to the first section of the Zoo, the Maryland Wilderness exhibit. It is technically the Children's Zoo section, but has lots of animals and is for any ages. It just has special little fun things for kids along the way.

I know you will be shocked, thanks to the name, but all of these animals can be found in Maryland. The first place you go in used to be an open air aviary. Unfortunately when the snow came it took the netting down and almost all the birds escaped. One of the exceptions was these guys:


Black Vulture

They have 2 of them, and their wings are clipped so they don't fly around and scare the kids (they are pretty big) so they didn't get away. The only other exception was the Long Eared Owl, which I didn't get a picture of. They can fly around, but were in a pen at that time so they didn't get away.

They never replaced the netting, so there are lots of birds that fly in and out now. Mostly ducks, geese, robins, and Northern Cardinals.

After the MD aviary is the River section, and the North American Otter.

That guy and his buddy were hilarious to watch. They were playing with their toys, swimming around and just having fun the whole time. The River section also has a new exhibit, for the Hellbender. If you don't know what that is, it is the largest salamander in the United States, and the third largest in the world. Unfortunately it was not out that day so no picture

Next was the Cave section, which has lots of snakes, reptiles and bats. I will only post one snake picture since I know I posted enough from the National Zoo. I am posting this one because it has beautiful coloration.

Northern Copperhead

And no pictures of the bats, as they never stopped moving and it was dark, so I could only get dark blurs, which is not good picture taking.

After the Cave came the only real damage done to the zoo by Irene. They have two bridges leaving the MD Wilderness and going into the Farm section. One is just a normal wooden walkway over a little stream, and the other *was* a suspended rope bridge over the stream that was fun to walk over. Unfortunately a very large tree took it out.

You can see how large from the roots where it ripped out of the ground on the other side.

That section of dirt and roots is probably about 5-6 feet across.


*Continued in the next post

 

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In the walkway from the MD Wilderness to the Farm is a field area with some Bee Hives.

And here is a Honey Bee, doing his thing.

Then comes the Train Station. The train is one of the things that was destroyed by the snow storm, and just re-opened about 2 months ago. It is cute, and takes you behind some of the exhibits to see the animals from another angle.

The Farm section has what you would expect. Goats, Cows, Hens...

Ossabow Island Hog

Jacob Sheep

And Donkey

The Farm area also had the main eatery. I wasn't hungry, but I did get a bottle of water. Just outside the eatery is a field where there used to be a Hippo House, but it has been gone for about 10 years now. Since then there was just a grassy area and a tiled wall that used to be the back of the Hippo House. Sometime in the past 2 months they finally did something with the wall. They created a mural of different animals on it. Here are a couple pictures:

The next section of the zoo was the African Journey.

Right away are some exhibits with African birds.

Damoiselle Crane

Lappet-Faced Vulture

West African Black Crowned Crane

White Stork

In with the White Stork are a type of African Deer called a Sitatunga.

Just past the Sitatunga is a large enclosure that holds the White Rhino, Ostrich and Zebra all together. The Zebra weren't out, but I got pictures of the other 2.

Then I entered the African Bird Aviary. This one is scarier than the MD Wilderness one, or the several at the National Zoo, as these birds fly around a lot and many of quite large. None of them are agressive, it is just disconcerting to have a large bird fly within inches of you.

African Spoonbill

Couldn't find any info on what these were, but they are cool looking!

Cattle Egret

Abdim's Stork

And the infamous Hamerkop, that is also at the National Zoo.

And the Hamerkop nest:

Next up were the Leopard.

And the Cheetah

*Continued in the next post

 

[PhoenixStrength]

The statue of the Cheetah is right by their enclosure.

An African Warthog, or, as the little kid next to me kept calling it, Pumbaa!

Dik Dik. They are the world's smallest deer, about the size of a cat.

They have a stand there where they sell branches of leaves you can feed to the Reticulated Giraffe. Angel the Giraffe was not pleased with the fact that no one was in line at that moment, though a ton came up as I walked away.

And, the king of the Jungle, the Lion.

Time for me to leave work now, but I will post the rest of the pictures tonight. I have enough for one more post