Last Saturday night we camped at the Henson Robinson Zoo with Blayne's Cub Scout troop. I was considering not going because I am not the easiest of campers, but the weather was going to be cool, so I decided I would give it a shot. It was a lot of fun. We got to see some "behind the scenes" stuff at the Zoo like the freezers they keep the food in for the animals. We got to see some of the reptiles that they don't have on display everyday and got a lesson on frogs. The lady who runs the Zoo (not sure what her title is, but her name is Jackie) knew everything about every animal. She was so informative. She has worked with various Zoo's throughout her career, including in Africa and Europe. She fixed us supper and breakfast and fed us under the pavillion they have there in the park. She told us that often times when she shows up in the morning people will have taken their household pets they don't want and tie them to the door outside of the Zoo or they throw them over the fence. She said she has had goats, snakes, turtles, etc out there in the morning.
On a less positive note, trying to sleep in that Zoo was quite a challenge. The wolves began howling and I am pretty sure they set off all the other animals there because they all began going crazy after that. I also woke up at one point with a terrible pain in my hip and realized that all of the air had seeped out of my air mattress and I was lying on the ground. Ouch! My hip was really hurting. And, hello, why was I freezing in mid-July? I wore flannel pants, a hooded sweatshirt and was wrapped up in a fleece blanket and I was freezing cold. Don't get me wrong though, I would have much rather been cold than hot all night! I sleep good Sunday night after all of that, but it was a good time and Blayne was so excited to be able to sleep in the Zoo.
