Nashville Zoo

After our wonderful lunch in Franklin with Zach and Sarah and tour of Total Axxess Studio and visit with Wally and Donna and others there, we headed back for Nashville and a visit to the Nashville Zoo. We didn't know what to expect but knew we would have a wonderful time hanging out! It was hot, so we were afraid we may not be able to stay long, but then as we walked through the gates, we knew we would be fine! What a beautiful, wonderfully shaded zoo!

Here is a view of what we saw when we first walked in! We knew if it was all this beautiful and shaded, we'd be fine, and we were!

The one animal Toby wanted to see was the "montey". They were right inside, so that made it easy! He got a good show as a few of them were swinging around from branch to branch!

We were on our way to get the lay of the land. Unfortunately, we lost our maps about halfway through and missed seeing a few things like the elephants and giraffes, but I think we saw most everything else.

Taylor had a close encounter with a snake. She was the only one of the kids brave enough to get up close!


What a life!

ANACONDA!!! This thing was measured at 17 feet... 3 YEARS AGO! They said it is likely 19-20 feet now. And to think, after the dinosaur encounter, Toby wasn't scared of this thing. But it WAS behind the glass!


This had to be the creepiest looking thing there. The giant ant eater. Just down right Weird. One of those... what was God thinking moments! I'm sure there was a purpose for this thing to look like it does!


A cute photo of Nate and his "baby" Toby. He's sucking on one of those ring pops, but it looks like a binky! And he's sporting his new Zoo hat!!


I just can't get enough of when the two of them are off on their own, getting along so well. Other than the car ride home, it was a day full of sites like this!

I couldn't believe I got this photo! Katy would be proud! Have no idea exactly what it is, but hey, neat photo non-the-less!

The one entire section of the zoo was bamboo! It was amazing! I just kept touching it and marveling at all the bamboo! It was beautiful!

Drew had a good time playing on the jungle gym!

And here's Taylor exiting the mouth of the snake!


Nate had to have a fun photo as well! Like he would ever get this close to an alligator!

After our time at the Zoo, we headed into Nashville to go shopping for Katy, or try to at least. Here we were outside of Cotton Eyed Joes and Nashville Limited. Nate had to get a photo with his pal Elvis! It was a beautiful night to be walking around, but it started to get late, and dark, and you all know what happens then. The kids got a quick lesson on how to handle certain people when out in a big city.

We got to stop at Sonic on the way. Our first time, and it wasn't the best. The order was wrong, the food was cold, but the Limeade was AMAZING!! Worth the stop for sure. We may have to make another stop there tomorrow, and again Saturday on the way home!!!

All in all a WONDERFUL day!

God is Good