Tagged: animals

We got up earlier than normal today s o we could get to the Phoenix Zoo shortly after it opened.  It was nice to be able to go everywhere without trying to navigate people, but that changed about thirty minutes in when the kids on field trips arrived.  It was one of the busiest days of the year for the Zoo, since it’s spring break for a lot of kids and some schools in session bring their kids here for a field trip.

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Today we went on a ninty minute drive up I17 to the town of Campe Verde and the wild animal park nearby called Out of Africa.  We left about an hour late and the place was pretty packed.  While on the the ‘safari’ ride, the driver said that they normally get 500 people but today they expected 1500.  Spring break is the busiest time of the year for them.

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