The Alaska Zoo

Admittedly, the Alaska zoo is not all that exciting. But it is something to do on a beautiful day when you are tired of riding your bikes in a circle over and over again.

So last week, we grabbed some lunch and some friends and some expired bug spray and hit the newly remodled Alaska Zoo.

Here we are looking at the Muskox. Very smelly.


This is Aphun (APOONE). He's a Polar Bear. His name is a native word that means snow or something along those lines. He used to live with a brown bear named Oreo. They grew up from cub-hood together but a few years ago they started fighting and had to be separated. Now Aphun lives with another Polar Bear.


I have never had the luck of seeing the Polar Bears awake in the few times I've been to the zoo. I was always lucky if I saw a paw sticking out from behind a rock. But today, Aphun went swimming!


Peekaboo Aphun!

Jake was excited, but not nearly as excited as I was. Cross this off the bucket list!

Midway through the day we stopped for an ice cream break. Doobie just painted himself with it.

These are Jake's little friends, Grace and Kayla. They will all be starting kindergarten together this fall. The class of 2022!

Doobie had lots of fun at the zoo.

He worked really hard strollering my purse around.

This is a brown bear. It may or may not be Oreo. This bear watched as Joshy's little friend Landon took off his Lightening McQueen sandal and dropped it down between the viewing deck and the bear fence. The bear couldn't take his eyes off the bright red shoe. Fortunately, a brave landscaper rescued the shoe and saved the day.

Jaycob and Jordan, leading the way.

This a black bear. And a Jordy Bug.

I can't recall what fascinating animal we were looking at here. Probably a raven. Because we don't see enough of those every Wednesday morning tipping over our trash can.

The rear view of all the kids that came with us to the zoo. We got a lot of this view.