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I love animals.  All kinds, really, but there are two that reign supreme.  Giraffes and elephants. Hands down.  No question.

Yesterday we visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo.  Our first stop?  The giraffe exhibit.  We bought the equivalent of three heads of romaine lettuce and spent about an hour feeding them.

Give me that lettuce!

I'll take that!

How about me?  Do you have any for me?

Isaac is a little afraid of that long tongue!

Giraffe selfie!!

After the giraffes, we went to see the elephants.  Elephants are Abbi's favorite.  We got there just as they were doing a little demonstration.

This is Lucky.  She has arthritis in her back and one of her back legs.  They do elephant yoga with her  (and all the elephants) every day and do all kinds of exercises with positive reinforcement to strengthen their bond with Lucky and so that they can examine her so she stays healthy.  In this demonstration, she started purring.  Seriously.  Watch the video.  I didn't even know they made this noise.  It was the cutest thing ever!!

And even cuter than that?  Elephant art.

I'm pretty certain I know my next dream job.  Hosting art class with all my elephant friends.  

I love all the interaction opportunities with the animals at this zoo.  Check out Isaac with a budgerigar.  It's also known as a budgie or a common pet parakeet.  Some were very friendly and would come down and perch on you to eat the birdseed on the Popsicle stick.  

Abbi petting a wallaby.

And we ended our day at a row of rocks.  Smiling.

Well, we were smiling until we got to the little shack that sells cotton candy and realized they were closed.  Do you know how difficult it is to find cotton candy??  LOL