Why Have We Not Been Taking Advantage of This?

Sunday morning we went to the Columbian Park Zoo.  We thought we had better visit before it closes for the season.

One thing I didn't know about the zoo is that it's free.  Sweet!

There are tunnels where you can peak your head up like a prairie dog.  I'm not sure that Tommy is impressed.

 Even Dada went through the tunnels with the Tommy Hawk.

 We saw a 100-hundred year old turtle.  She had to nudge him in the rear to get him to move.  One hundred years old? Think of all the presidential elections he's lived through and gave absolutely zero craps about?

We saw some kind of dog species.  Tommy was a little freaked out until he realized there was a glass window in between him and the dog.

 Here's another example of Tommy not being too fond of animals. I tried to take a picture of him with a wallaby.  There was no glass window.  He was outta there before I could take a picture.

 Things were going well until the "goat incident" (a goat walked near him... THINGS WITH FUR!! AAHHH!!! Plus goats are a little devious anyway) so we stuck to the non-furry activities.

 They have a little area with specific playground equipment for his age and he LOVED it.

 He also loved (and his shoes matched) the swings!

 Then we took a $3 choo choo train ride.  Highlight of the day! You can see how excited he is! (Maybe he's scared of dad's enthusiasm in the background.)

 There's a smile! As we were walking to the train, he kept saying, "Chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-chug-a-CHOOOO CHOOOOO!!!"

 The train took us all over Columbian Park and most of the ride was by the water.

 This is one of my favorite pictures. Andrew is trying to tell Tommy something and Tommy is giving someone or something the side-eye.

Even our stroller got to ride on the train. CHOO CHOO!

WHY have we not been taking advantage of this place more often? Until next season I guess.