Montgomery Zoo

I don't know why I'm always surprised by this zoo. I wasn't expecting much the first time we visited when Jack was two, but boy was I wrong. We've been three times now, and each time we return I seem to have forgotten what a great zoo it is.

Not only does it have most of the major animals one would hope to see in a zoo: lions, tigers, elephants, giraffes, and zebras, but it also has a train, a playground and, now, a chair lift that gives visitors an aerial view of the animals.

Here are a few of the things we saw and did on this visit: