Trekker reminded us almost as soon as the sun came up, we are almost out of Saturdays in Trinidad and he didn't want to spend our Preparation Day washing, shopping for groceries and mopping floors. He wanted to go visit his “family” so we called the Angus’ and the Lusters and headed to the Emperor Valley Zoo located just north of the Savannah in downtown Port-of-Spain. Named for the Emperor butterfly, the zoo opened in November 1952 with only a handful of exhibits. Today the 7.2 acre site is home to exotic birds, reptiles, turtles, an energetic (and muscular) otter, a ferocious looking crocodile and of course – what our Traveling Tiger came to see – big cats. There are no tigers in Trinidad, but Trekker enjoyed meeting several of his cousins - an ocelot and a beautiful big lion with whom he discussed genealogy. It was a very hot day (about 91° and probably about that much humidity) but we enjoyed the company, the chance to skip the housework and the happy discovery of a Cold Stone Creamery in a beautiful upscale mall a few miles from the zoo! It doesn't get much better than this!!!
Trekker reminded us almost as soon as the sun came up, we are almost out of Saturdays in Trinidad and he didn't want to spend our Preparation Day washing, shopping for groceries and mopping floors. He wanted to go visit his “family” so we called the Angus’ and the Lusters and headed to the Emperor Valley Zoo located just north of the Savannah in downtown Port-of-Spain. Named for the Emperor butterfly, the zoo opened in November 1952 with only a handful of exhibits. Today the 7.2 acre site is home to exotic birds, reptiles, turtles, an energetic (and muscular) otter, a ferocious looking crocodile and of course – what our Traveling Tiger came to see – big cats. There are no tigers in Trinidad, but Trekker enjoyed meeting several of his cousins - an ocelot and a beautiful big lion with whom he discussed genealogy. It was a very hot day (about 91° and probably about that much humidity) but we enjoyed the company, the chance to skip the housework and the happy discovery of a Cold Stone Creamery in a beautiful upscale mall a few miles from the zoo! It doesn't get much better than this!!!
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