Spring Break post #2 / The Turtle Back Zoo

On our first day in NJ we went to West Orange, which is full of memories and fun things to do.

 Cousin H showed us her favorite spots.  Look at that smile!  (Mimi is being a snake)

Turtle Back Zoo is nothing like I remember.  It's HUGE now!!   With lots of animals and people.  The weather was beautiful, which was a total bonus.  A perfect, spring, NJ day. 

While trying to take a photo of this adorable scene, there were a couple photo-bombs...

Yoda, "there's me!"

Yoda, "take a picture of that bald eagle and a guy with no hair" (or something like that)

When I said I wouldn't, he decided to flap his wings next to the eagle.

Cousin H is such a cutie! 

Pretending to be prairie dogs. 

At the petting zoo. 

Parker was fine sitting-out for that part. 

The touch pool.   Mimi has made it a LONG way since she was so scared of stingrays as a little girl. 

And the train, we think it's the only thing that's still the same from when we were kids, although I have just a small memory of it.  And it was FREE--what?!

I snagged this picture from my sister's blog.  

 

What a perfect day!