We are Thankful for the Zoo

The City of Boston has this nice pushpin campaign thing that supposedly reminds people that they can "go on vacation" in their own town. Here we are next to the gigantic pushpin. We were here. At the zoo.The baby we usually watch was sick today, so we decided to venture out to the zoo while it was just the two of us. I figured it'd be a pretty quiet day since it's just before Thanksgiving. I was right; I can count on two hands the number of people I saw in the entire zoo. It was almost eerie. But Bruce was not bothered at all to have the whole playground to himself. The lion looks pretty bored here, but he woke up and roared at us a few times. He's really loud too.
Our favorite exhibit was the gorillas. The glass walls made it easy to get up close and personal. There was a baby gorilla, about Bruce's size, that put on quite a show. He did somersaults, jumped in a bucket, stole a towel from another gorilla, and caused all kinds of mischief. He would also run up to the window and give it a bump with his rump or clap his hands by Bruce. It was quite funny - and a little weird - to see how similar Bruce is to this animal.
Here's the baby gorilla and Bruce having a quieter heart-to-heart moment.