My mom and I took Gavin to the Detroit Zoo on Monday.  The weather was perfect.  The whole drive there Gavin kept saying "going to the zoo?"  He loved seeing all the animals.  We took a break in their food court and had some pizza.  There were these peacocks acting like seagulls or pigeons, almost literally begging for food.  They’d get so close that you could let them take the food from your hand, too risky for me.  Gavin thougth it was really cool that the peacock walked right up to his stroller.  He’d throw a piece of his pizza crust on the ground and laughed at peacock and sparrows racing to get it.

I think the highlight of the day for Gavin was the mist machines they had placed throughout the zoo.  They were really nice.  It was a hot day, but not too hot, your perfect summer type day.  The mist machines were a wonderful refreshment during the walk.  Gavin spent a good 20 minutes at one just running through it, I got a few good shots of it on my camera.

The polar bear exhibit is always a treat.  It happened that they were feeding the bears as we entered the exhibit.  As you entered in the tunnel, you could watch the polar bear fetch all the fish under the water.  A really neat sight is when they step on top of the tunnel, you can see their massive paws.. WOW!  It was a nice day out.

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