Talk to the animals....

When my parents were here a few weeks ago, we visited the Lincoln Park Zoo. I really like the Zoo, and am always amazed that such a nice, large park/zoo is (1) free and (2) right in the middle of Chicago! It was a cooler day and had rained in the morning, so the animals were fairly active. (A nice change from their usual mid-summer sloth.)



The lions were debating who got to have the high points in their exhibit. I think this is the first we'd seen the male active since he reached adulthood.



The new(ish) gorilla and other primate exhibit is always neat to see. There are a couple of glassed-in areas (not shown) where the question always seems to be who is watching who: the apes, or the zoo visitors?




Even the herd animals were up and about!