Zoomania!

One of the first touristy things we did on vacation was to go to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. If you're ever in Colorado Springs (or "The Springs" as the locals call it), I highly recommend that you go! This zoo is great! You can get close to the animals and actually see them. Among all the zoos I've been to (San Diego, Phoenix) this one's is one of the best.

You can feed the giraffe's and if they get close enough actually pet them! (As you can obviously see by the hands reaching out to this guy!) Their tongues are sticky and they're actually very soft.

(Sorry I should have flipped this photo.) Here's the moose! Don't you just love him! He was laying down for a while and then the zookeeper came and he stood up! He's only a baby (2 1/2 years old), so his antlers were just coming in.

And the bears! This exhibit is cool! There's a small building where you can watch them swim, and then run out and see them tumble and play in the trees. We were there when they were feeding them, and it was really cool.

And a vacation FO!

Pattern: Father/Daughter Hat (ravelry link).

Yarn: Brown Sheep Nature Spun, teal green.

Modifications: Made the ribbing longer, as usual, to cover the ears. Gifted this to C (where I was staying) who loves, loves, loves hats.

The first of a few photos I've got. I'll have some more later this week!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!