Museum Hopper

Last weekend, I went to the Detroit Zoo with my in-laws, sister-in-laws, brother-in-law and baby niece!  It was my sister-in-law, Julie's idea to go!  It ended up being a beautiful fall day.   To make it interesting though, I actually had to use a wheel chair while I was there since I had just sprained my ankle less than a week ago.  The zoo is really a great place to go in a wheelchair as it is very handicap accessible.  Everything had ramps and limited stairs.  I really appreciated that as my loving husband had to push me around the zoo! We made it to most of the big exhibits.  I really enjoyed the "new" Australian animal exhibit.  It was so cool to walk through the exhibit with NO fences!  A Wallaby hopped right in front of our path!  I felt like a kid again with how cool that seemed! One of my biggest gripes about the zoo though is that when you arrive, you had to pay for parking.  I think that is quite silly as it is in ...

this past weekend, my boyfriend and i decided to go to the detroit zoo !  i feel like it is one of the last major museums/cultural places left in detroit that i haven't visited yet (also missing = greenfield village).  the weather cooperated beautiful and we headed over on a sunday afternoon.  the zoo was all ready for zoo boo complete with many pumpkin vignettes.  we did the entire zoo loop.  some exhibits had definitely been upgraded since i was last at the zoo like the river otter exhibit and the lion exhibit.   i had remembered that the last time i visited the zoo that they charge for parking.  they still do.  i will admit that it really bugs me for a few reasons.  first, it is in the middle of suburbia.  land is not exactly hard to come by.  second, public transit to the zoo is nonexistent.  of course everyone is driving.  yes, i understand they are "incentivizing" you to carpool, but really? ...