Oregon Zoo with Sophie

For granddaughter, Sophie's, first birthday Dave and I gave her and her parents a membership to the Oregon Zoo in Portland.  Their membership includes two guest passes each time they visit the zoo, and today we were the lucky recipients of the passes.  This visit was scheduled this several weeks ago and today the weather turned sunny just in time for our visit to the zoo.  Even though the signs said that the zoo parking was full, we persisted and found a great parking spot.

Sophie in her carrier on Kiersten's back:

We walked around the zoo for a couple of hours and saw the highlights.  Since they have a zoo membership, we didn't have to try and see the entire zoo today. 

Black bear with dried grass on his rear end:

Beaver (sorry Duck fans, we saw ducks, but I didn't get their picture):

After I took this picture of the sleeping polar bear, he woke up and stretched and rubbed his back, and put on a bit of a show for the crowd of people.

A visit to the elephants was a must, as well as a visit to the elephant ear concession stand.

An overview of part of the zoo as we climbed back up to the entrance.  This is a beautiful zoo with lots of greenery, but like most zoos, it's a bit hilly.

Another picture of a now-sleepy Sophie.   It was cute--Sophie kept trying to pat Kiersten's hair through the netting of the carrier.

We said a final good-bye to one of the park's choo-choo trains: