A Great Time at Uncle Dwight's

While we were staying at my Uncle Dwight’s house, he took us to two really awesome zoos. On our first whole day there, Dwight made some delicious waffles and eggs for us in the morning, before we headed out to the Phoenix zoo.

On the way to the zoo, we had a slight collision with another vehicle. There happened to be a car right in Dwight’s blind spot, so when he tried to move over to the HOV lane, we bumped into the other car. Dwight pulled off at the next exit, and the man followed. The damage was fairly minimal, and none of us were hurt. In fact, Dwight’s car barely had a scratch on it! The other car’s front quarter panel was dented a bit. The police officer who came out was 6”10, and his bulletproof vest made him look even bigger! Dwight and I got a picture with him, because we had never seen someone that tall. I had to shield my eyes from the sun every time I tried to look up at him while he was talking.

The zoo was amazing, with its beautiful scenery and many animals to look at. We ate lunch at the zoo as soon as we arrived, and enjoyed it in the shade near the ostriches and giraffes. It was so fun!

The lions were sleeping, of course, but I still got to see them.

One of the really fun exhibits was the aviary, where we saw several very unusual looking birds up close. We happened to be the only ones in there, so we got to walk right up to the birds!

We spent a long time walking through the zoo, seeing the animals, and talking with Dwight. We had a really great time, especially since it wasn’t only about being at the zoo and looking at each and every animal. It was about spending time together!

"Hello!" from the adorable gazelle

Originally, we had planned on going on a gentle hike after the zoo, but decided not to since we had already done quite a bit of walking at the zoo. Dwight took us to a delicious Indian restaurant, where we shared several different dishes of Indian food and had enough to save for leftovers! 

We stopped at a grocery store to pick up a few things before going back to Dwight’s house to watch a really interesting movie about Abby Sunderland’s story.

On our second day at Dwight’s house, he took us to another great zoo! This zoo had tons of animals, including some incredibly adorable baby meerkats. They were small enough to fit in my pocket!

We ate lunch by some cute monkeys and ducks, then walked around the zoo. We got to see a precious young giraffe and its mother!

There were several other baby animals in the zoo, including some warthogs in a pack ‘n’ play in the animal nursery. It was such a funny sight!

The lions at this zoo were also sleeping, so I’m convinced that all lions do is lull around in the sunshine. However, we did get to see some awesome white tigers that weren’t sleeping, and a beautiful jaguar! I had no idea jaguars are so puffy and teddy bear like!

The zebras were gorgeous.

It could take a year to go through this particular zoo, because it has so many awesome animals, including a large number of various species of birds throughout the whole zoo. We saw some adorable fluffy ducklings with their mama and several other ducks. They were so funny, because they constantly jumped in and out of the water and cheered each other on, as they attempted to jump over low points of the barrier around the pond.

Since we didn’t have enough time left to see everything, we decided to see the zoo’s aquarium. Despite my fear of coral, it was awesome! The petrified looking alligators were somewhat disturbing, but I enjoyed seeing the various fish and petting the stingrays. They felt like velvet! It was so cool.

We had so much fun visiting the two zoos, and spending time with Dwight while walking around and looking at the animals. I definitely won’t ever forget the great time we had with my Uncle Dwight!