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| The San Antonio River at the zoo entrance, flooding over into a picnic area, bridge, road, etc. |
Well, ok... so this happened about 3 weeks ago. :) The San Antonio Zoo is one of the best, most enjoyable zoos we've ever visited, especially if you catch it on a day when it's not 100+ degrees outside. :) From getting to see thousands of cool animals, to the unexpected event of seeing the headwaters of the San Antonio River flooding into the road, bridges, etc. (uncommonly massive amounts of rain the day before turned empty riverbeds into 10-feet-high rivers within 2 hours!) ... it was a great day! We saw so many neat animals (and plants)... but here are just a few.
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| Ryan watches apprehensively... |
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| The aquarium was beautiful! |
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| Pink flamingoes were a big hit with all the kids. :) |
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They spent about 10 minutes watching an anteater - thought he
was the coolest thing. |
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Yes, it's Texas. They decorate their zoos with cactii.
Seriously, though, the landscaping at the zoo is great. Lots of tropical plants, which they keep well-watered. |
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| This was a neat, mostly-underwater shot. :) |
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| The river was still flooding on our way out... that WAS a picnic area. ;) |
