Last weekend I took Isaac to Mineola to go see the rodeo. Unfortunately it was just too rainy and wet outside to take him to see it Saturday night. However, it was bright and sunny the next day which allowed us to take him to the zoo to see some animals instead!

The Caldwell Zoo is in Tyler, Tx and is the zoo we always went to as kids from kindergarten all the way to about the fifth grade. When I was a kid the zoo had always been free, however a few years ago they began charging to get in, as well as remodeling a few areas and getting some new animals such as white tigers and penguins.

The indoor snake exhibit had gone unchanged since the last time I had been to the zoo some nearly 10 years ago.

In fact, this may be the same lion I saw here when I was a kid lol.

Their African plains exhibit is unique in that they group the animals to appear in their natural habitat with the zebras and gazelles just an invisible ditch away from the lions, making them appear to all be in one area.

The giraffes and elephants were still in the same place as they always were.

The new baby rhino was there too.

Always fun to take pics of the Toucans.

Their parrots are in open air exhibits as their wings have all been clipped.

My favorite animal to see when growing up was the flamingo. It was the first animal you came across after walking past the entrance and sure enough they were still there.

Isaac had a good time at the zoo, his curly straw cup he got in the gift shop is now his favorite cup ever.