penguins and otters and monkeys,

Oh my!  The zoo will be opening soon.  They showed some animals frolicking around on the evening news.  I haven't gone to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo much in recent years.  My children are grown and my grandchildren are all teenagers so I don't have anyone to go with.  Now I do realize that I could go by myself, or with another adult but it's just not the same.  I might get a chance to go this summer.  I have a nephew who is living with his wife and four children in Maryland for the next two years.  They visited with me in January and said that they might come back in the summer to go to the zoo.  I mentioned this to a friend recently who laughed and pointed out that they are living near the Washington DC Zoo.  His point being that they probably wouldn't want to drive here to visit our zoo when they have a really big zoo near by.  But I think they will come.  There are advantages to a smaller zoo.  The main one being that you can see the whole zoo in one day.  When you have four children ranging in age from 3 to 12, a one-day zoo is nice.  I hope they do come.  It's always better to view a zoo through children's eyes.