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Monday, December 30, 2024

Day Thirteen, Mon, 9/16/24, Calgary Zoo, Lunch and more

We needed to eat.  The Katamba Cafe was the perfect solution.  Then we entered Destination Africa.

Katamba Cafe

We didn't eat any.  Just a cool sign!


Entering Destination Africa

Vroom Vroom Zoom

The entrance to the open Lemur exhibit.


Mary catching some more rays at the Lemur open air exhibit.

Mary and Jo getting to know Lemurs.

 

Artwork in Destination Africa

 

Lion Pride

Out of the mouths of babes!

Land of Lemurs  


One of the women from the Gift Shop took this for us.


 

We ended our day at the Calgary Zoo back at the Gift Shop and the cab company took us back to the Super 8.  We were pooped!  I gave it all at the Calgary Zoo -- 12,000+ steps.

What did this day mean to me?  I enjoyed the lemur exhibit even if they were a bit hard to see.  The whole idea of an open air exhibit appeals to me.

What did I learn today?  I learned how influential lemurs are in creating and maintaining forest systems.

What would I do differently if Mary and I travel again in the future?  Come back to the Calgary Zoo!  Maybe divide our visit into two days, one-half day each.  Although Mary had the Power Chair, I was on my feet the whole time and that wore me out.



Day Thirteen, Mon, 9/16/24, Calgary Zoo, Wild Canada

 After braving the traffic into Calgary from Lethbridge on Day 11 and the insane traffic to the Calgary Farmer's Market on Day 12, I used the taxicab app on my phone to order a cab for us early this morning to drop us off at the Calgary Zoo.  We wanted to get there early enough to get a Power Chair for Mary.  It turns out that even though the website cautions getting there early, there just weren't that many people needing a Power Chair on this day.  We rented a Power Chair at the Gift Shop at about 9am and entered Wild Canada.

Penguins 

Mountain Goat

Owl 

Tundra Buffalo

Elk 

A shy Moose

A shy Arctic Wolf

Female Wolves napping

A shy Grizzly (Brown) Bear

 

Artwork in Wild Canada

 

The Moose Ecosystem

All Life is Connected

Dancing Foxes

We were getting tired!


Day Twenty-Three, Thu, 9/26/24, Kearney, NE to Newton, KS; 287 miles, 7 hours

A few minutes out of Kearney on I80E Mary had an emergency.  I got off at the next exit which happened to be the visitor center for The Cran...