NC Zoo

Sunday we went to the NC Zoo in Asheboro. It was a bit of a trek for us, but we got to see Chris's brother there. He had flown to visit a friend in Greenville, NC and that was about as in the middle as we would be able to get. We decided driving to see him at the zoo would be better than driving to see him in OK. We had a nice day and overall the zoo was nice. It was just a bit difficult to not compare it to Brookfield. Not that Brookfield was perfect, but over the years it became familiar. The one thing about the NC Zoo is it is VAST. It is in the middle of nowhere in the middle of what was once a tobacco plantation I imagine. They have acres upon acres for enclosures. They also intermingle animals that would co-exist in the wild, for example, rhinos and impala or giraffes, zebras and ostriches. Often the enclosures were so large you could come fairly close to the animals at about a dozen different spots along the rails.

Here are a few pictures of A with her uncle and us around the zoo.