The zoo is so different, but it still has MONKEYS!

The KC zoo has been in a state of flux for the better part of a decade, maybe longer. It looks nothing like the zoo I used to go to. In fact I think the only thing left that resembles that zoo is the sea lion exhibit. The wife and I took our daughter there with a friend and her kid to look around. We knew we wouldn't see the whole zoo, so we took Africa, the longest away from the enterance and largest to walk around. Although hot, there was decent shade so it wasn't that bad. We saw most of the animals. Granted, they were sleeping, but in that heat, who could blame them? Then we saw the chimp exhibit. We nearly passed it because the doors were shut and it looked locked. I opened it up and brought my girl in, and I'm so glad we did. She's been on a Monkey kick mostly because she can say the word. Well here was a whole pack of them, so she sat with her face and hands pressed against the plexiglass hollering MONKEY! MONKEY! with a smile to match.

we got home around 3 that day, and she took no afternoon nap. Well, perhaps a power nap but that's the extent of it. Normally, this would have made the missus and I nervous, cause She gets VERY grumpy without that nap. Well, she proved us wrong, and was in a wonderful mood until night time. She probably could have stayed up later, but Mom & Dad needed some downtime, so she went nigh-nigh at 7.