Christmas at the Zoo

We enjoyed a night out last night as Cody's work hosted their Christmas party at the Alaska Zoo. The zoo opens from Thursday-Sunday with a lights display before Christmas each year and we were able to meander through the exhibits. Although it did snow about 5 inches last night, we had a delightful time. We'd never visited a zoo in winter, let alone at night, so it was nice to see the animals doing something other than sweltering and pacing. The wolf & tiger exhibits were our fav.

Our poor attempt at a nice Christmas photo; we only succeeded in looking like giants

Our blessings (er... prizes)

Beginning on our tour

'Twas a cold winter night...

Awake and loving the snow

Our awesome camera captured the falling snow too

Begging his brother to come out, to which the reply was a dimming of the den light, unintentional, I'm sure, but amusing none the less.

And then he was hamming it up for the visitors

Reveling in my penny press find.

The wolves were one of the coolest (and most elusive) exhibits. It was wonderful we see them in more of a 'natural' habitat.