For Christmas this year we gave the kids passes to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Point Defiance was named by an American sea captain. He said he could place guns on the point and 'Defy the world'. I'm not sure exactly what he would have been defying since the point is at the bottom of Puget sound and has very little military significance. Luckily there is a great zoo and wonderful scenery to enjoy there and has been turned into a state park. The zoo has peacocks walking around the parking lot and zoo grounds. We were lucky enough to see this one strutting it's stuff.
It was a nice sunny day so we went over to the watch the sun set over the sound. We had enough time to pop into the zoo. We were hoping to see the monkeys but they weren't on display that day. We did have fun seeing the tiger. The best animal we saw that day was a wild Bald eagle who was sitting at the top of a dead tree surveying the sound. It is great to live in a place where you can see an eagle! It turned out to be so cold that we didn't stick around for the sunset. I have learned that when the sun shines in the winter here it means it is cold! We ate our chicken picnic and burned rubber getting out of there.
3 comments:
Sounds like you all had a fun and interesting day. Mom and I are alone again as the cousins have all left for home. We had a great time and now look forward to the brothers and sister coming next meonth.
Point Defiance sounds like a fun place to see. I'll bet seeing the eagle was awesome. They are so beautiful, especially when they are soaring.
That is the best sort of Christmas present because you use it all year long. I think Jon and I might have gone to this place a hundred years ago when he was having surgery near Tacoma ... but maybe I'm making that up (old brain).
Glad you had a good time and can go back when the days are warmer. The monkeys will probably come out and play in the summer sun.
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