A New View of the Zoo

We must have gone to the zoo at least a dozen times this summer, it's been an easy way to pass the day and the kids love it there. Just to change it up a bit, I try to do/see something different each time we go. We went with our nephew Nathan last week. We ended up having lunch at the Family Farm area...I had promised the kids that they could go to the playground for a while. It was great, they now serve paninis and sliders at the zoo! So trendy. On the way out, we hit this new cool area where you can "pan" for different stones/gems/arrowheads. They boys picked arrowheads...I'm sure that Kate would have chosen gems had I let her take part. She is a jewerly girl. It was really cool, they emptied part of the bag that we purchased a little at a time and then dip the tray in the flowing water and the goodies are left behind. The only trouble is that I think they just may want to stop at this attraction everytime from now on...