Father/Son Zoo Trip

I took August to the zoo on a recent Friday, just the two of us, which he really enjoyed.

I treated him to a camel ride--something he'd been wanting to do since last Christmas when we first saw that they had this at the Tacoma Zoo. He didn't want to ride alone, so we paired him up with some other boys in line.

Still my all-time favorite attraction at the Tacoma zoo (okay, it's really the "Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium") is the walrus tank. They've got three enormous walruses (walri?) and a big underwater viewing window where you can watch these incredible behemoths swooping past the glass.

This is Auggie's head silhouetted in front of the glass. In the background is a walrus swimming towards us headfirst but on its back (i.e. bellyup), which seems to be their preferred way to glide around.

It swoops by upward brushing against the window.