We have come to the penultimate day of 2015. Day #364 of 2015, 12/30/15, was a great day. We spent the first part of it (and a significant amount of time) at the Philadelphia Zoo. Again I realized, as I have a lot this year, how lucky and blessed I am to live where I do and how wonderful some of the area attractions are. I love the zoo. I love the connections you can make with the animals as you observe them (and, often now, they you). But I also love the connections the zoo has to my past. Even though the zoo has modernized and there are many differences in the physical structures, but, as I walked through the grounds today, I could not help but remember many of my prior trips with my family, with school, with summer camps. I love animals and I love the zoo. And I am really appreciative of the zookeeper who opened up a closed portion of the Small Mammal House (a critical light was burned out and there was a safety issue) so we could see the aardvarks (a current family tradition). I also am glad that I was able to connect and share our trip with my mom via frequent FB updates. I know there are a lot of controversies about zoos and other animals in captivity, but I think they do much more good than anything bad. And I still miss the elephants.....
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