If we had any theme for our trip to Portland it was water. We threw rocks in the river and saw a waterfall. We also got to experience God's other water.
On Saturday morning we got up to sunshine. It was a gorgeous Oregon morning. We decided to head to the Oregon Zoo to see some animals and to walk around for a bit. We had plans in the afternoon and decided that some time in the morning, doing something just for Zoe was in order. Plus she loved the Point Defiance Zoo so we thought we were golden.
We were! We dropped off our things in a locker and headed out to see some animals. We really wanted to see some tigers and elephants. We got the map and started off toward the Asian Elephants section. Notice how eager she looks.
On the way we saw two seal lions and a sea otter. Not to mention an invisible pig. Can you see him in the picture? I was there and now can't see him. They really are invisible.
Since we didn't come to see an animal we didn't even know existed, we decided to head to the elephants. We felt a little drop of rain, but thought nothing of it. The sun was shining.
We were glad we did. We got to see an elephant, which is my favorite animal ever. Zoe loved it too. She kept yelling "rrrreeaaarrrr" like she was one of them. They stared at us and then went to the pool to water off.
We headed to a little field next to them with statues of animals. I'm sorry to say, but this is the closest we got to even seeing a hippo.
Because the flood gates of Heaven opened up and we were stuck in a full-on thunder storm. We ran into a cafe, but the rain never let up. If you've never been to The Oregon Zoo, then I'll inform you that the elephants are the farthest point from the exit.
And any shelter.
We ran over to the sea lions, which were covered. The rain never let up. We figured we might as well just run back to the entrance and risk being wet.
At this point it really didn't matter because we had little, black rivers of mascara running down our cheeks that had turned clear.
That's right, we were so wet our waterproof mascara didn't even stand a chance. Aren't we lovely?
About half the way back to the store Zoe saw someone carrying an umbrella. For the final 500 hours of the jaunt back to the entrance, all we heard was, "there's an umbrella. We need umbrella. A blue one!" It was like she was sent to remind us just how wet we were.
We made it back to the store and she got her umbrella. A ladybug one.
We headed back to the hotel for a little recovery and dry clothes. Unfortunately for my mom she stepped in a puddle that went deeper than her foot, she she didn't dry off completely.
Then it was off to spend time with our people.
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