We recently made a trip back to the New Orleans area to visit with my husband's family, and the kids wanted to go to one of their favorite places- Audubon Zoo! Actually, I should say they wanted to go to Monkey Hill, which is located in the zoo... Monkey Hill is the best place to cool off on a hot summer day, and boy was it hot when we were there!
The Audubon Zoo is beautiful, lush and full of neat things to see! Above, on the left, is the entrance to the elephant exhibit and, to the right, is the top of Monkey Hill- the highest point of elevation in all of New Orleans! That's Noah, sitting on a large carved tiger. :)
Elena didn't want to go in the water, so she opted to walk on the lush green grass of the rolling hill.
Leave it to my little ones to try out the wettest part of Monkey Hill! Gabe wasn't going to get all wet, but he couldn't resist the waterfall. :) As you can see in the second picture, he is soaked to the bone!!
Elena finally waded in the shallow pool to cool her feet off...
This is the kid web on the back side of Monkey Hill. If you look closely, you can see Noah and Gabe racing to the top! Annalee is on her way up.
Time for a snack at the Cypress Bayou part of the zoo... there was a very tame squirrel that would have eaten out of Gabe's hand if I hadn't told him "no!"
There is also a part of Audubon Zoo that is dedicated to Central American animals and the Maya civilization . Even the entrance to this section of the zoo is modeled after Chichinitza. Very neat stuff!
The Maya sculptures are good for climbing, too! :)
Goodbye Audubon Zoo, until next time!
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