Conquering the Bridge

The past three nights at the local zoo have been Member Appreciation nights. What this means is that the zoo is open from 6 PM to 8:30 PM for members only. Normally the zoo closes at 5 PM. So this worked out great because Louie had the day off so after I got off of work we went over to the zoo. I can't count on one hand the number of times all three of us have been able to go to the zoo together.

Last year the zoo opened up a new building, the Rainforest Falls exhibit. Here's a picture from a local news article so you have an idea of what it looks like. Birds fly around freely and the enclosures are very subtle. Sometimes there are multiple animals in the same place too.

So now look at the picture and see that bridge? Riley is fascinated by that bridge. Usually he gets 2 steps onto it and freezes. You can see the water between the slats and the waterfall is right next to it. Tonight was different though...

At the end it slopes up a bit so Mommy had to give a helping hand...

He was so proud of himself for getting across. :-)