Cheyenne Mountain Zoo

We got up Saturday morning and decided we were going to go out for the day. We threw around ideas and checked out the zoo down in Colorado Springs. We showed Carson all the animals on the website and he went nuts. That sealed the deal for what to do. 

We had heard mixed reviews about this zoo, but honestly, we absolutely loved it. It wasn't like the Denver Zoo, it was smaller, but it totally had it's own appeal and charm. It's built into the side of the mountain and you can't beat the view. It seemed like you were a lot closer to most of the animals than other zoos too. 

We were there for four hours and had so much fun. Carson walked around with Carl the entire time and it was a whole new experience for him. The last time we were at a zoo he wasn't really old enough to realize where we were or what he was seeing. He is still talking about "big hippo", "ride the giraffe" and "baby monkey". We will for sure be going back when the weather is warmer. 

The big exhibit at Cheyenne Mountain is the giraffes. We were able to feed the giraffes as kids at the Hogle Zoo, but this was all outdoors and there were a ton of them. Carson was really scared at first and then he was laughing at them.

Grandma had the most fun out of all of us. I had to tell her to stop pushing her way up in front of the little kids. Haha!

 Now that I saw how much he LOVED the fish in the bear exhibit, we will be going back to the aquarium very soon.

 He was so good the entire day. We just love seeing him experience new things.

One of the elephants was particularly fun to watch. Carson wants to watch this video over and over again now. It's really cute.

A lady cleaning the chicken house let him come in and get a close-up look.

Then he found the one that got away. I don't know what he thought he was going to do if he caught it. Probably kiss it's back like he does to the cats.

We came across the merry-go-round when trying to leave. At first he was scared and Carl said he didn't really know what to think about it. But he quickly figured out it was fun and didn't want to get off.

Unfortunately I completely filled up my camera card before we had a chance to go to the hippos or monkeys and that's where Carson had the most fun. This sealed the deal for me that I need an upgrade to at least 8gb ASAP. I did take some pics and videos on my phone that he has watched nonstop since. 

The chimp had a baby that was only a few months old and the orangutan had a baby that was just over two weeks old. It was the sweetest thing ever. Carson stood on the railing and watched them for the longest time. 

The only reason we left when we did was because they were closing up shop! Yep, we had that much fun. I can.not.wait. for summer to come so we can get out of this house more!