Earth Day

We had a very busy Earth Day this year.  It started early, when I went to Penitentiary Glen. They had an Earth Day celebration, complete with $10 haircuts that the proceeds benefited the park.  I was desperately in need of a trim, so this is the main reason I went.  

While I was waiting, I made a recycling shrinky dink, and planted a sprue tree in a newspaper pot i made. I also walked around the wildlife center and looked at lots of beautiful rescue birds.  

When I got home Robb planned a surprise date for us.  Our first stop was the zoo!  They had all kinds of Earth Day activities going on.  We walked around the rainforest, watched an herb garden cooking demonstration, planted some peas in a newspaper pot, and got a ride up the big hill to see the primates and big cats.  The highlight of the day was right as the zoo was closing, and we were walking out past the lions. The big cats were up and about (a rare sight, they're usually sunbathing) and a female lion was standing right next to the glass! We were like 5 inches from her! She was WAY bigger than I ever imagined, and so beautiful. 

After the zoo Robb took me to a restaurant for appetizers, that he found specially for me! It was a guacamole restaurant called Momocho, http://www.momocho.com/

I got pineapple/habanero guac, it was spicy, sweet, and delicious!

To cool off my mouth, I got a margarita sampler with regular, cucumber/chili, and pineapple.  The cucumber chili was incredible.

We like the place so much, we stayed for dinner. What a fun day!