![[giraffe & zebra in the background, monkeys in the foreground]](http://www.struat.com/here/giraffe.jpg)
We went to The Woodland Park Zoo on Friday. My earliest traceable memory is of a zoo, and since then I’ve been to the San Diego Wild Animal Park a couple of times. The last time was years and years ago. I felt sort of zoo illiterate. But the monkeys eased me into things.
![[orangutan]](http://www.struat.com/here/orangutan.jpg)
![["Please do not tap on glass" sign]](http://www.struat.com/here/taponglass.jpg)
Gorilla
![[elephants]](http://www.struat.com/here/rabbit.jpg)
The rabbits had an acre to roam in, though they share it with a few elephants.
![[toucan]](http://www.struat.com/here/toucan.jpg)
![[handwritten "No pony rides" sign]](http://www.struat.com/here/noponyrides.jpg)
Monkeys and giraffes!…. LIVING TOGETHER…… MASS HYSTERIA!!!
I remember when the zoo was nothing but cement and chain link. Pretty cool….