Sooner Or Later, Everybody Goes To The Zoo

Hippo!

That was Sean’s reaction upon seeing hippos at the Vancouver Zoo this past weekend.

The zoo has around 600 animals spread out on 120 acres of land. Before Sean and I knew it, three hours had passed by, we were enjoying ourselves so much. Going to the zoo was our opportunity to let loose our inner child. I got a real kick watching Sean’s face light up, as he came across animals he’s never seen before in real life.

What gave me my perma-smile were the white arctic foxes (lil guy was so hyper!), the lemur cuddle pile, the wallabies and the giraffes with their long eyelashes. I have a soft spot for giraffes.

It was a purr-fect way to spend a Saturday afternoon: sun, a nature walk, hanging out with the animals and my guy.

As Sean and I are both animal lovers, I thought it would be a great idea that my anniversary gift to him and myself, was to symbolically adopt animals from World Wildlife Fund. Doing this would also support WWF’s conservation efforts around the world.

I symbolically adopted a grizzly bear for Sean and a panda bear for myself. Each adoption kit comes with a cuddly toy, a re-useable gift bag made from recycled plastic, a personalized adoption certificate and a report detailing the work the adoption will support.

By the time we left the zoo and went for dinner, we were pooped! The indian food gave us a bit of a second wind but we were only up for a mellow night after our big day out.

And what else could end our anniversary day so purr-fectly? Andd continue the animal theme? Watching The Fantastic Mr. Fox.

(Oh and points for those who know where the title of my post came from. Hint: John Hughes)

View more photos of our day at the Vancouver Zoo on my Flickr album.