Monday, 8/5/19....Bill went to his convention, Max and I went to Zoo Montana and Taco Bell, Swam, Went to Olive Garden with Bill at night

Max where we thought Zoo Montana was

Max and I had to walk all the way down to where the hill is in the background to get to our car

Max when we finally got at Zoo Montana

Me at Zoo Montana

Max with an eagle in the background

This is the Osprey Nesting platform on the cut off telephone pole like we saw on our way

Max with a tiger laying down in the background

Max and I took a selfie at the zoo

Red Panda

Max with a wolf behind him in both of these pictures

Kookaburra

I was pretty disappointed when I saw lots of cars around this Shopko, and then went to go in and found out it was closed!

Max liked the waterslide and pool

Dinner at the Olive Garden was amazing.  Zipoli and chocolate dip for dessert afterward

Ate a yummy breakfast downstairs.  Bill went to his convention, and Max and I went to the zoo.  The GPS took us to the wrong place twice. We passed it and then turned around and she said it was there again.  Didn’t see any parking, only a rail trail with a fence along it up way far.  We ended up parking on a side street quite far away and walking to it.  I saw a guy on the trail so asked him where the zoo was.  It was five miles down the road.  We turned the car GPS off and went by my phone. It took us right there. We both loved the zoo.  It was beautifully landscaped with lots of plants planted by master gardeners, many who were there working on the gardens.  Loved the animals we saw.  It was so fun seeing Max so excited, taking lots of pictures and leading the way.  He was really happy when we went to the gift store and they had live displays in there of different snakes, spiders, an armadillo! They also had a  laughing kookaburra , and many more critters.  

We went to Taco Bell, his favorite fast food restaurant, for lunch and then went to Walmart and got a pair of shoes for him. His other shoes broke.  We found the same type and they were on sale so we got a good price.  I was very excited when I saw a Shopko with lots of cars in front of it.  We went to go in, and it had closed just like the ones in Michigan. Bummer!  We came back to our hotel and went through our pictures.  Max and I went swimming at the hotel.  We had some races and he really tired me out!  He reminded me of Kenzie when she would want to race and play games in the pool.  Bill got back at the hotel at 4.  We relaxed, and then went to eat at Olive Garden. It was his first time, and he loved it!  He even tried  a tomato in his salad, but didn’t like it!  He wanted to know if we had one of those restaurants in Saginaw too.  We had a super fun day!