Yesterday, Dan and Britt flew back to NYC. Today, Anne and I went to the zoo. Our objective was to see the zoo’s latest addition to its collection, a Komodo Dragon. We got to the zoo early and headed to the reptile house. It was forty when we got there, on its way up to sixty. The coldblooded residents of the reptile house were being kept toasty warm. It was actually hot in this house and I quickly began sweating. The dragon is housed opposite the main entrance. When we first arrived, it was nowhere to be seen, but almost immediately it appeared from the far wall. It soon waddled forward, its long-forked tongue flicking about. It continued to proceed until it found a large flat rock right in front of me. There it posed, basking in its might, ready to take on the world.

Afterwards, we continued our safari. First visiting the primate house, then big cat country, with its new litter of cheetah cubs. After the bird house, we headed towards the door, exiting before small children’s meltdowns. A nice outing.