Wintertime at Hogle Zoo

Once a month through the winter the zoo offers free admission for everyone! We decided to face the freezing weather and see how much fun we could have! It actually wasn't too bad...like 40 degrees, but sunny. The kids had a blast seeing all the animals and I even enjoyed it quite a bit! Tons of animals were out and being way more active than I have ever seen in the summer months.

In the reptiple room Hallie had the opportunity to pet a "Dragon!"...she didn't take it.

But Caleb sure did! He could have stayed in that one spot all day and pet that thing!

I remember growing up that there were peacocks walking allover the zoo! They are so pretty! Later we saw one with his tail feathers up, and doing a "dance"...fun times.

The Tigers were the coolest to see! They were all lying right by the gate and would get up and walk around for a bit, then come back and put on a show...so cool! These things are huge! I don't think I have ever seen one this close up!

Caleb's giraffe pose... Hallie loved the giraffes. They were so close to us, we could have touched them...if we wanted to disobey the rules.

Caleb is our little reptile guy...he loved looking at all the snakes, lizards, and creepy things I usually try to hurry through! -waving hello to this little creepy one...

Telling the snake "Hello"...

Then there was the turtles...Caleb has been fascinated with how turtles go in and out of their shells and how they swim with their "Heavy shell"...this turtle was huge! 

 

We had such a fun time and the weather was pretty reasonable for the end of January! If we are still in Utah next year we will definitely take advantage of this again!