The Denver Zoo has always been a very popular place to take the kids, and last Friday was no exception. Weekends are far busier, but there were still plenty of families wandering the grounds Friday afternoon. As for free days at the zoo, you can tell that is what is happening by the long stream of parents and their children making the mile long trek from the City Park parking lots to the zoo, where there is not a single space to be found. The children on the left, by the way, are watching the Cape Buffalo, considered the most dangerous animals in Africa. And why are these animals more dangerous than lions and tigers, you might ask? I have no idea - it is just what I've heard on public television. And that means it has to be true, right?
The month of October is especially popular with parents and their children due to the approach of Halloween. Every weekend during the month of October the zoo host's both Enchanted Hollows (a kind of ghost walk for teens and adults) and Boo at the Zoo, for the younger kids, although I have to say that I attended this event last year, and found just as many parents as children dressed in costume. There are frequent trick or treat stations, where young children can collect candy and their parents stand back, knowing that they can also share in those treats by teaching their children the value of sharing. Clever. This year I am tempted to rent a child and take him or her to this event, dividing the booty between us. Would this really be wrong? Don't answer.
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