Desert Museum

For my birthday this year we went to the Desert Museum here in Tucson. I like to think of it as a desert zoo. Instead of elephants and zebras we saw desert animals like coyotes and bobcats. It was a really neat place to explore.

We started out with seeing some raptors take flight. We saw hawks, falcons, and owls. Jordan was totally focused on where the birds where. It's hard to tell, but there is a falcon perched on top of this canopy that Jordan and Preston are looking at.

They even got out the binoculars to check out the raptors. Jordan loves Daddy's binoculars and will always look for animals with them... at a zoo or in his bedroom. He is developing quite the imagination, he has even found deer in his room before with Daddy's binoculars. It's really cute.

Here is a view of what the desert looks like here in Tucson. Going left to right: Prickly Pear Cactus, Palo Verde (the tree), Barrel Cactus, Ocotillo Cactus. If you look hard you can see a coyote on the right side of this photo.

Here is a collage of some of the many animals we saw at the desert zoo. Left to right starting from the top: Gray Wolf, Javelina, Turkey, White Tale Deer, and a Black Bear. It was pretty awesome to see all of these animals so close up. 

Here is Jordan sitting on a little coyote statue. He thought it was so fun!

There were some sweet elderly folks at the zoo who said that our little girl was the cutest thing there. I have to agree... She's pretty darn adorable. 

More animals... Left to right starting from the top: Bobcat, Bobcat (again), Ocelot, Red Fox, and Desert Big Horn Sheep. In case you were wondering, yes the Fox sleeping on a blanket. We all need our blank'eys when we sleep. 

Preston and Jordan checking out the Ocelot.

Jordan is riding a big horn sheep statue... Mommy's just making sure he doesn't fall off. What a happy boy! He was loving the zoo. 

We saw a little shop in the zoo that had ice cream and we couldn't walk by without getting some. It was cold and yummy. 

Jordan is very much like his Dad in that he LOVES ice cream. 

A desert view. This is one of the tallest Saguaro cactus I've ever seen. 

When we came home after the fun time at the Desert Museum/Zoo it was time for some dinner. I wanted homemade pizza for dinner. Preston cooked the pizza's on the grill out back. They were delicious. Later we had my traditional Cherry Chip birthday cake with Mint Chocolate Chip ice cream. It was a wonderful birthday spent making new memories with my sweet family. What a great day!