Rainy Day Zoo

Lance and I have been trying to plan a family outing for the past month. Every week, Monday-Friday we have had sunny, beautiful weather and every Saturday, it pours rain. This past Saturday, we took a chance and drove to the LA Zoo even though rain was in the forecast. I told Lance, let's just have faith that it will all work out in the end. It rained all the way there but when we arrived, the sun broke through the clouds and it looked like it would be great weather for the rest of the day. I felt vindicated. However, we got up to the ticket booth and the lady behind the counter told us that on rainy days the animals are allowed to go into their nighttime habitats if they want to and they we probably wouldn't see many animals, not to mention the fact that the tram wasn't working (dealbreaker for Aimee.) Needless to say, we didn't go to the zoo. We left and went to the "Rainy Day" zoo, aka the Natural History Museum. Jackson didn't even know the difference, he thought he was seeing real live elephants and giraffes. We had a great time at the museum, as always. Rainy Day Zoo worked for us. Jackson thought he was seeing real elephants, lions and zebras and if we squinted, we thought so too.