A Trip To The Ft. Worth Zoo

 

Saturday morning I woke up in my grandson’s bed trying to remember where I was and how I got there.

Sherri and I had made the trip to Euless to visit with our grandchildren. We had not seen them in over two months and we both missed him so much. The plan was to go to the State Fair but then after some thinking we thought that might be a little too much for us and the kids.

The plan switched at that point to go the Ft. Worth Zoo. We had heard that it was real nice and ranked as the 5th in the nation. I looked up the Zoo to see the cost of getting in and then pondered the traffic and the parking issues. I came to the conclusion that riding the train over to the ITC and then getting on the bus to the Zoo would be the easiest. Kris likes the trains so this would be a double treat for him.

Had to wait a long time for the train…due to my planning

Finally the train pulled into the station.

And we all boarded

 

We got ready and headed to the train station about 11:30. I had to figure out how to purchase the tickets from the automated ticket machine. Once I figured that out I had to choose what ticket to buy. While trying to figure this all out I miss read the departure time and found out that we were 1 hour and 30 minutes early. OK…then I noticed that the tickets are only good for one hour! These are the one time one way tickets…so I began to panic.

Everyone was excited about the train ride

The wait for the shuttle to the Zoo was not long at all

Soon we arrived and headed for the entrance

Not to worry we got on the train….NO ONE…even asked for a ticket. We sailed on down to Ft Worth and then boarded the shuttle to the Zoo. It dropped us off just out side the gate and we were soon inside viewing all the animals.

This fellow could not figure us out

This was a favorite

Sherri and I were really impressed with the Zoo. One of the cleanest I have ever been through. Nice walkways to all the exhibits and plenty of benches to rest your sore legs and feet along the way.

This guy was really working hard at getting him something to eat.

All good things must come to an end…and we headed back home

The kids really enjoyed all the animals and the they helped take some of the pictures. We all had a wonderful day….

 

Somewhere in Time