2 Adventures = Last Week

With things gearing up for school and fall already, I'm alittle behind on my entries.

Last week, the Heathens and I went on two separate adventures. And we took a grandmother on both (silly women agreed to go!).

Adventure #1 - Penn's Cave & Wildlife Park

Last Wednesday, my mom was off work. So, we took her to Penn's Cave and Wildlife Park with us. It's just on the other side of State College. It was really cool and the Heathens really enjoyed it. You ride in a boat to visit the cave. Our tour guide was really funny and the boys really liked him.

And at that point in the day, my camera died. R.I.P. - you were a faithful camera. Although I do believe it would have been more curteous if it had waited until the end of the trip.

The cave tour was awesome, but the Heathens REALLY liked the Wildlife Park tour. You ride in a bus that has all the windows removed. We saw deer, pybald deer (which were completely white), elk, bears, cougars, bobcats, etc. We were able to get so close because the bus drove right into the enclosures. Heathen #3 really wants to go back - and I think I'd like to go back as well.

Adventure #2 - Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium

The night before we headed for the zoo with the Asst. Zookeeper's mother, I headed out to WalMart to purchase a new digital camera. I just picked a cheap one - I'm going to ask Santa for a better one in a few months. :)

Heathen #3 packed his stuffed elephant for the trip. He got it at our zoo trip last year and named it Zuri, after one of the two baby elephants born at the zoo this summer.

The zoo was packed this year, much busier than any other time I have visited. And for most of the trip, I couldn't figure out what was different from the other times I had visited. And then it dawned on me. We were there on a Saturday - we usually visited during the week. Never again! Way too many crowds.

But the Heathens still had a good time. And they insisted that I take a picture of the gold fish in front of the zebra enclosure like they do every year. I drive them all the way to Pittsburgh to go to the zoo and they get excited over the silly goldfish!