Arizona, Day 4

Today we spent the day at the Phoenix Zoo! We had such a great time and spent about 7 hours there. The weather was amazing and the zoo is great. It's ranked one of the top 5 zoos for children in the US. The girls were dying to start by riding the endangered species carousel. There were exhibits that you could go inside with the animals, and many places where they used natural elements to fence in the animals, such a water. It was nice to see the animals without cages around them. These were the wallabys we went in with! They were so calm.There was a really neat area full of bronze animal statues that the girls sat on and got pictures with. The elephants were so huge! They were all full size replicas. Can you see Emma on the elephants?My favorite part was when we went into an area full of monkeys where there were no fences between us and them. They were jumping over our heads from tree to tree and running across the path we were walking on.Emma was thrilled to see Scarlet Macaws there. She just had to have her picture taken next to them. It was her favorite part of the zoo, and then the monkeys next. She chose her souvenir for the day to be a stuffed Scarlet Macaw.
Sara's favorite part of the day was going in an area where you can touch Sting Rays. She loved it and was so brave! We spent a lot of time in there! Her favorites were the baby ones!
We also rented a paddle boat to go through a "lake" they have, and the kids got to ride a camel!
The picture above is the natural landscape outside of the zoo on the side of the road! These are called the Red Mountains behind the girls. Scott was dying to try In N Out, so we went there for dinner, and then onto Baskin Robbins for ice cream!!!