St. Louis Zoo 1-30-2020

Just a shout out to the STL Zoo on a cold, dreary day.  It was about 35 degrees outside.  There were probably about 20 other patrons in the zoo besides Anna and I.  But several of the big animals were out and easy to see. 

Anna always has loved the reptile house, so we spend 30-45 minutes there when we first arrive.  I always get so warm that I shed my coat and sweatshirt before we go back outside.  Then we headed to Big Cat country.  The lion and lioness were up close and personal.  The tiger was up and out, as was the jaguar.  We also saw the snow leopard.  We did go into Red Rocks area just a bit to see the zebras and camels. 

Then, as we were cold we went into the Bird house.  The horn billed toucan was honking and putting on a show. 

We went to the bear pits and were disappointed that the grizzly enclosure is not finished and the polar bear didn't seem to be out. 

We stopped at the sea lion area as it was feeding time and they were all excited.  We were outside for part of the time and then went in and under the tank where you could really see them feeding.

I know that a lot of the zoo closes down in the winter (no train rides, not concessions, no zookeepers around) but there are also no crowds.  We did this totally free by parking on the street. 

I will say that I if I still had small kids I would support the zoo and buy a family membership.  The parking, train rides, children's zoo admission, etc. always paid for itself every year AND you support your zoo. 

Anna and I were talking about how many times we think she's been to the zoo in her 21 years and she thinks she may be pushing 100 times.  That's a lot of zoo for not a lot of money.