Are We There Yet?

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It was forecasted to be a hot day today. So, instead of being hot at home, I thought it would be better to take a trip to the zoo. The trees in the zoo cover the majority of the paths, making it feel at least ten degrees cooler there than at home. The only bummer? My AC doesn't work in the car. We can deal with it though. It's a two hour trip, but with the DVD player, the kids barely notice.

One hour into the trip, I realized that I have not packed the correct DVD equipment. The kids started to squirm. I panicked and started handing out pretzels. The salt makes them thirsty. We hit traffic, and were stuck in it for over an hour. It was 97 and humid.

Once we got to the zoo, the mood did not lift. None of the animals were moving around because of the heat. We stopped at an eating area to revive the troops. Dylan happily munched on his orange, while Jordan grew oddly scared of his beloved birds while eating his pretzels, so insisted on keeping an eye on them at all times.

We had been there for a half an hour, and I wanted to go home already. We let Dylan look through one of those huge binocular things, and was pissed when he pulled his face away to find some chick before him had left glitter on the eye piece from her face painting.

Now that Dylan was thoroughly upset, isn't that a perfect time for take a family picture to document such a wonderous day? Yep. Some guy graciously offered to take our picture which ended up looking like me, the kids, and the floating head of Mark.

After a couple more miscellaneous pictures, we got some blue Icees, and called it a day. The drive home was quiet, as the kids were roasted into a good nap.

A total of five hours of driving for an hour of hot, smelly animal, walking. I did get a token photo of Dylan (in the top photoshow.) While he passed the polar bear exhibit, I got a good shot of him.