We arrived in Portland Monday afternoon and after an infuriatingly long wait, we checked in to our room. We’d lost almost an hour of the time we’d planned to spend at the zoo, but decided to go anyway (we only had two hours before closing). It turned out to be a great decision as we were able to get in free with our Santa Barbara Zoo membership, the weather was perfect and the crowds were gone. We’d been to this zoo last year, but hadn’t had time to explore it all. It’s a wonderful zoo and the girls really enjoyed our time there.
They had an exhibit that focused on the African rain forests that the girls loved. They climbed all over the Land Rover and Julia loved the filing cabinets filled with bug specimens, gem stone, cultural artifacts, etc. Charlotte said her favorite part of the zoo was the typewriter!
We also really loved the fruit bats, which were just waking up and eating fruit and broccoli! The girls coined a new phrase, “bat manners”, after watching the bats eat with their mouths open.
After the zoo and dinner, we headed back to the motel and swam and did laundry. We all felt so recharged and ready for camping.
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