The Zoo

We took Chase to the zoo this last week and it was a lot of fun. It was about 74 degrees, and just beautiful. It was also the middle of the week and it was practically deserted. We were interested to see if Chase even acknowledged the animals, and we found that pretty much he paid attention to the animals that were moving. The animals that were asleep, I don't think he even realized were alive (obviously, right). When we went in the giraffe house he just stared up at the huge giraffe, his eyes were huge, it was so adorable. He also stared at the tiger because he was up walking around right by the glass. They have redone the whole Hogle Zoo and it is much better than last time I was there. All the new exhibits are made so that you are practically glass-to-glass with the animals. They don't have a huge variety at this zoo but the things you get to see you get to see really close. They also have a white alligator right now which was really cool. Tim was happy because he got to see rhinos, and I was sad because they don't have hippos :( Here is a really random video of clips we took while at the zoo.

After the zoo I wanted to take Tim up to this restaurant called Ruth's Diner. My mom took me there when Tim and I were dating and I've been trying to get him there ever since. They have amazing french toast, unfortunately we weren't there for breakfast. When we got there the Food Network was filming for their show "Diners, Drive-In's and Dives" (or something like that). I ordered the Raspberry chicken, which is what they were featuring apparently because they wanted to come interview me about it. I am incredibly shy and I really didn't want to do it, but I felt bad, so I had Tim try my food so he could do it instead. They ended up interviewing both of us, although they'll probably cut everything I said because I was nervous and I was just blabbering! We had to sign a release form for Chase and everything so it was kind of a funny experience. So if you're watching the Food Network come fall, and you think you see us- it really is us :) And we weren't lying on camera- the Raspberry chicken is incredible! I have never had chicken that melts in your mouth like this. It is definitely worth the trip and it is only about 5 or 10 minutes up the canyon from the zoo.

-Katie