Sunday, September 21, 2008

Lions, tigers, and sharks, oh my!!!

Tony's job site shut down unexpectedly Friday and Saturday so we had a couple of day to spend together. Friday we went to the zoo and had a fun time seeing the lions, tigers, and orangutans.


Rylee made friends with this orangutan. He gave her several kisses through the glass and just sat there for the longest time looking at her and trying to touch her through the glass. Maybe he liked her red hair.



Rylee also got to feed and pet a giraffe. They have really long black tongues. She loved it!


On Saturday we drove to Cincinnati, Ohio. We went to a really neat aquarium where we saw turtles, penguins, aligators, and of course lots of fish.




There was a long tunnel under the water with big fish and sharks swimming all around us.


We even got to pet a shark. It's skin was very rough and felt like sandpaper.

Cincinnati was holding their annual Oktoberfest that day, the largest Oktoberfest in America. So we headed over to check it out.



We ate lots of yummy food including potato pancakes, pickles, bratwurst, pretzels, giant cream puffs, and of course lots of beer. Ok, not the beer, although there was plenty all around.



We saw and heard the alpenhorns, which are over 9 feet long. They also did the chicken dance, and here's a little video of Rylee and Tony attempting to do it too.




I think they both need to brush up on their chicken dancing skills. (Grandpa maybe we need to practice next time we are together.)

3 comments:

Patsy Mecham said...

What a wonderful time you must of had. Thanks for posting the photos and sharing with us. Sorry to hear about the accident at work.

Andrea said...

what a fun weekend! that is so cute that rylee and the orangutan hit it off :) you weren't kidding about the giant cream puffs...that one rylee is holding is huge! and we loved the chicken dance video...heathe had a good laugh! :)

jam557 said...

Rylee is adorable! That is cool that you have so much neat stuff close. I wish we had stuff like that around here. Thanks for sharing!