Which was Kaden's first visit-- and he has his father's love of adventure. The waves were "rough" by Gulf standards, but he totally enjoyed them crashing into him (and sometimes over his head too!).
We also visited a zoo, where these two "general" lions entertained us a bit. Know what we learned? Because their genetic history is undetermined, it's a risk to breed them. So the lioness was sterilized... but the King of the Jungle? Not so much. Turns out their MANE is directly related to their testosterone, so a sterile man lion looks like, uh, a lady lion. (Insert thick hair jokes here).
That whole conversation with the keeper was over Kade's head, thank goodness (we have a few years to prepare for THAT talk). But he did seem to enjoy watching the animals... especially the monkeys, who were the most active. They got a high pitched screech of appreciation, which was the exact type of noise we were told to avoid, as it could aggravate los monos. Can't you just see the headline? "Local Baby Incites Monkeys to Attact Boat of Tourists: Warning! Gruesome photos inside!"
That whole conversation with the keeper was over Kade's head, thank goodness (we have a few years to prepare for THAT talk). But he did seem to enjoy watching the animals... especially the monkeys, who were the most active. They got a high pitched screech of appreciation, which was the exact type of noise we were told to avoid, as it could aggravate los monos. Can't you just see the headline? "Local Baby Incites Monkeys to Attact Boat of Tourists: Warning! Gruesome photos inside!"
No, the entire visit was very nice and mostly calm- heck, it was so hot out both the animals and the peeps were fairly laid back! Here's to another 10 years of calm and adventure :)
