I forgot how much beauty was in our own backyard. ...

I forgot how much beauty was in our own backyard. The Houston zoo sits on 55 acres of land, in the middle of the city. Holy hell, we are so lucky to have 55 acres of land for animals IN THE CITY. The zoo opens at 9am. A lot of parents make a day out of it and pack lunch or have birthday parties there. It's really lovely. We like to visit with the silly gorillas and the elephants. The volunteers there are so kind. It's the the astroworld of nature. Kids running around all day and they even sell beer. We visited every animal and it killed 4 hours of our day. Then you walk out and there's hermann park. It's really nice if it isn't too hot and too humid. I think we were the only couple there without kids. The kids are a little loud, but they're kids, and many of them. We only went through one bottle of water.

The animals are so beautiful, happy, and some are really friendly. The cats were so boring. They lazed around and didn't move at all. I think what surprised me the most was when we went to the bird sanctuary and they had free range chickens. Literally, next to you.