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A Summer Stop at the Cincinnati Zoo
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By Shane Sullivan, Resident since 2017
This summer was a very exciting one for our family. Our kids are at that fun age where they truly experience everything. They interact with each other and feed off of each other (usually for the good, thankfully!) and to watch them show the other one what interests them, and excites them, has been such a joy to watch.
One of the highlights of our summer break was when we jumped on the chance to go visit some old friends in Ohio. We took a drive down from Columbus to Cincinnati and had a chance to check out this neat little city, nestled along the Ohio River. We saw the Great American Ballpark and spent some time on the River Walk. Because it was named the #1 Zoo in North America this year, we took the kids to the Cincinnati Zoo. It lived up to the hype and far beyond. There were as many educational exhibits as there were exotic animals. Despite crazy high humidity and a mid-morning rain shower, we never wanted to leave!
Baby Fiona was the first Nile hippopotamus to ever be seen on an ultrasound. She was born 6 weeks premature and has her own book, Saving Fiona.
We fed giraffes, learned about elephants from the Junior Zoo Keepers, and even got the chance to see Baby Fiona the Hippopotamus awake and swimming around. While our son, JP, would have loved to spend all day at the insect exhibits, our little girl, Penny, is more into the “main event” animals. She is now convinced that she can speak elephant. Should we ever find ourselves back in the mid-west, a return trip to the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens is definitely on the docket.
