What a Zoo!

Well, we had another great week. This week my parents came into Dallas on Weds and were in town through Saturday morning. They came down with a group of 12 high school students from the Christian school for a leadership conference. We planned to meet them for dinner Thursday night and, after consulting our maps, we were finally able to make the rendezvous at On the Border in Addison. We then caravaned over to the Galleria and spent some time wandering around there. Some of the kids went ice skating but we just walked around. It was good to see my folks and for them to get to meet Miele.
Friday we left Miele at the house (in the backyard) and drove into to Fort Worth to meet the group at the zoo. It was a fantastic day with clear skies and warm weather. Neither Sara or I had been to the FWZ so it was a new experience for us. The zoo is (according to their sign) one of the top five in the country and although several exhibits were closed for the winter it did not disappoint. We really enjoyed seeing all the animals. I especially liked the hippos (although I couldn't get a photo because they were so close to fence). We all enjoyed the male African lion (see video). He carried on like that on and off all afternoon. You could hear it all over the zoo. The gorillas were also interesting. They seem to look at you like you would be fun to beat up, quite intimidating those fellas. Other highlights include the giraffes (always Sara's favorite), reptile house, otters, and many types of birds.


We stayed until the zoo closed at 4 and then went back to the hotel where the group was staying and ordered pizza. Sara, mom, dad and I played Scrabble while the kids swam and ran around the hotel. We left about 8 and headed home to take care of Miele. Sara felt bad for leaving her out all day so Miele ended up sleeping on her doggie bed in our bedroom. A first, which she did well with. She stayed in her bed all night and seemed to enjoy it. Maybe she will get the privilege again some day...
Saturday and Sunday we took it easy. We went on a walk with Miele down a new road (read: lots of new smells). She behaved well except she was a little startled when we passed a yard with several large dogs that barked and barked at her. Sara and I did some pleasure reading and Sara got some homework done. I finally finished the storm door on the back door.
Sara is gone now with Miele to agility class. Miele is in some trouble today for getting a hold of a piece of Sara's clothing and tearing it up. I think it will all be smoothed over tomorrow, here's hoping anyway. Miele has also begun digging in the backyard again so I will have to look into how to break her of that. She doesn't dig very deep just tears the grass off mostly. Who knows what she thinks she will find.