The Living Desert

We spent the weekend at Tutu and Sir's desert house. On Saturday, it was a glorious desert day so we decided to take our first trip to The Living Desert in Palm Desert. It's a really neat zoo that features, you guessed it, desert animals. We were able to get a big discount on our admission because we are LA Zoo members. Score! Mama says it sure pays to read up on these things.

Our first stop of the morning was to see the giraffes. We were supposed to be able to feed them but they were enjoying their alfalfa so much that they did not come over. Silly giraffes!

Instead, we were treated to a rare appearance by the zoo's newest resident: a baby giraffe. He was born on March 11 and was six-feet tall at birth. Wow! He was such a cutie and a definite crowd favorite.
Here he is getting kisses from his parents. Awww!

After that, we made our way to the petting zoo. Here I am with Sir checking things out before going inside.

And here I am with Mama and Tutu. Not so sure I'm going to pet anything, just so you know. Those goats look shifty...

No way, Mama!

OK, if Dada can pet this goat, so can I. Pretty nice!

After the petting zoo, I picked up this awesome hat. That's right, a hat! Do I look spiffy or what?

Later, we went to a special butterfly and hummingbird exhibit. The butterflies were so close that Dada was able to snap this amazing photo...

...and this one, too!

We even got to see some butterflies coming out of their cocoons, just like in "The Very Hungry Caterpillar"! It was so cool!The zoo also has it's very own carousel! Here I am with Tutu and Mama boarding my cheetah.

Dada snapped this one while we were in motion. I said "wheeeee" the whole time.

Unfortunately, all good things have to come to an end. Here we are saying good-bye to my new tortoise friend. I can't wait to come back again very soon!

I was so tuckered out that I fell asleep in the parking lot. What a day!

Notice that I am missing my hat in this picture. Well, I lost it about 100 feet from the exit. Nobody could figure out where it went. Sir even went back in the park to see if he could find it and it just vanished. And he even tried to buy me another one but the gift shop was sold out. Oh well, we have our memories and these photos to prove that I actually wore a hat and liked it. Hee, hee!