Memphis Vacation part 2

Well, in the last post I discussed the first leg of our Memphis vacation and now we'll move onto the part that actually talks about our trip to Memphis. We rolled into Memphis in the late evening hours and went straight to my aunt and uncle's house to have dinner. Rob cooked up some pretty good BBQ and we visited for awhile before we went hunting for the hotel. We got there alright and settled in for the evening.

The next morning we made the decision to go to the Memphis Zoo, and we are really glad we did. The day looked like it would rain all day long and it would make the trip miserable, but it turned out that the clouds moved in and the rain stayed across the river in Arkansas and we had a perfect 80 degree day to visit the zoo. The animals were all out and playing and the people all stayed home leaving just my family and a few others to enjoy the zoo.

Overall, the Memphis Zoo is one of the best zoo's we've ever been to. We started in the cat house where all the cats were out playing and showing off for us, the cougar actually gave us some cat calls. We moved onto the reptile house where we saw some snake feedings, and the panda's were cool but kind of uneventful. Our favorite exhibit was the polar bear's, they were so playful and gave us many photo ops. The bears would dive down in the water and then push off the glass of the the observation room and swim by all the people. They were really fun.

After the zoo trip we went over to my Aunt Janice's house and celebrated her college graduation and mingled with all of my family that made the trip to Memphis. We left on Sunday and headed to Centrallia, Illinois to visit my cousin Steph. We hadn't seen her or her kids in years. They are all so big and seem to be really great kids. It was a fantastic family vacation.