Tuesday, July 14

Up early today to work at the zoo. Lots of visitors, some from pretty far away too. We had people from Colorado, New Hampshire and even a family from Australia. If you go to the zoo this summer the new Animal Safari Show is a must. The show was an idea of the late Jeff Swanagan and he worked very hard to get it off the ground. The zoo went to shelters in Columbus and adopted over 100 dogs and cats that were then trained for the animal show. Along with the shelter animals there were also pot-bellied pigs, a miniature horse, ducks, a porcupine, pea hen, parrot, a llama, lynx and red kangaroo. The fast moving show lasts just 20 minutes, is free and very entertaining for old and young alike. While I stayed to watch the show, Mr. Bichler was having lunch with Miss Fox (oops!), I mean Mrs. Nichols at their favorite buffet, the Dutch Kitchen.