Washington State (Day 2)

Today we visited the Northwest Trek Wildlife Park

Douglas using his binoculars.

Penny using her binoculars.

Don't look at dad!

We had a fun tram ride through the park. This park was better than any zoo I've visited. The animals were moving all over the place.

Black caribou

Douglas and the otter.

Penny had a blast playing in the water.

 Penny trying to get in the otter enclosure.

 This was our traumatic event for the day. The bobcat enclosure. Penny decided to stick her foot through the fencing while the rest of us were looking for the bobcat. After a few seconds we noticed Penny saying, "Foot, stuck. Foot, stuck." Grandma bent down to help Penny and a moment later Penny pulled her foot back . . . but the shoe did not come along with the foot. The shoe ended up 10 feet below in the water. Oh, the weeping and wailing that ensued. We, the adults, quickly decided that the shoe was lost. It would be our donation to the bobcat. We left the bobcat enclosure and as we passed the cougar enclosure we spotted one of those long pool poles with the net on the end. I grabbed the pole and returned to retrieve the floating shoe. Penny was thrilled. For the next 15 minutes she kept saying something like, "Shoe got wet. Dad help. Shoe got wet. Dad help."

 Back at the lodge. This was Penny's first experience with s'mores.

 "Mmmm!"

Grandma got a big smile from Diana out by the fire tonight.