Springtime at the Zoo

Tess, Alicia, and I went to the Alaska Zoo yesterday afternoon. They were having an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt.

There were 20 numbered Easter eggs hidden in the animal exhibits. You had to write down on your scavenger hunt sheet where you found each numbered egg. When you turned in your completed sheet, you received a prize.

The weather was great for the zoo. A little chilly, but blue skies and sunny.

The Alaska Zoo is a great zoo for families with small children. It's very walkable and has just enough exhibits to sustain the average young child's attention span. There are about 30 different exhibits. All the animals at the zoo are native to the Alaska climate from arctic foxes to wolverines to polar bears.

The polar bears were doing an Easter egg hunt of their own. There were colored boiled eggs in their area. And there were egg shaped popsicles which had been made using a balloon as a mold.

We stopped at the mid-zoo coffee shop for lunch. It was a nice visit at the zoo.