Prescott AZ, Last of the Zoo Pics

We left Phoenix yesterday and drove back up to Prescott to have items installed that had been ordered for Paradise.  We can't get anything done on the weekend but did not want to pay any daily rates at the park in Phoenix.

Turns out, this morning we could not get the furnace to come on!  So, we added that to the list of things still to be done.  Hmmmm

Here are the last pics from the zoo:

baby flamingo

bunch o boa in a tree

piranha 

Lion Fish

Rock Fish......now you see him.......

......now do you see him?

see the cleaner shrimp on the Spotted Eel?

yep, another kind of piranha 

Mike petting the Rays

another albino croc smiles at us on the way out:)

Phoenix AZ, more zoo

Please enjoy.  For those of you who don't/can't get out often, I bring the zoo to you!

oryx

baby oryx, just a few months old

the camels are chatting over the fence

baby giraffe  

mom and dad

the baby was watching the butterfly to the left

never know what you will find at the zoo!!

Phoenix AZ, Wildlife World Zoo and Aquarium

We had a great day at the Zoo a few days ago with Gemma and Kerry.  As usual, the weather was great (has been the whole time we've been here) and the zoo was amazing.  I had been there myself with Gemma and Kerry several years ago when it was much smaller.  It has grown so much!  It is not inexpensive though. I don't know how families can afford to go with tickets costing $29 for adults and $15 for children!

There are a lot of babies at the zoo right now and you will see some in my pics.  Please enjoy.  The next couple of posts will be zoo pics.  I was pleased that many of my pics taken though glass came out fairly well:

Gemma, Kerry and Mike anxious to get in and see the animals

one of our greeters at the gate......very noisy!

baby spider monkey.....soooo cute!

does not even look like there is glass there huh?

a boa couple

no, not a baby.....a dwarf gator

love the "hair dos"

baby jaguar, still in the nursery playing with his teddy bear:)

look at his claws!

baby porcupines in the nursery

an ocelot through the fence

an albino croc

Phoenix AZ, Sonoran Preserve, DT Trl

We went back to the Sonoran Preserve behind Gemma and Kerry's house to do another hike.  This time  it was the "DT" trail (Desert Tortise).  Got in about 6 miles and after a late start it was hot!  Crazy huh?  Mid 80s:

this barrel cactus really stood out in the green rock surrounding it

I like the rocky "backbone" ridges on these hills