A Trip to the Zoo

With family visiting from far away, where the snow has already fallen this year, an outing in the sunshine involving elephants and tigers seemed in order (well, to the three-year-old among us, at least). We met up in Berkeley yesterday and went to the Oakland Zoo, which is exactly the right scale for small feet. Highlights included a ride on the train and a ride on the ostrich on the carousel. It was sunny and there was no wind, a splendid day topped off by a splendid dinner at a new Indian restaurant on Solano Avenue in Berkeley, Khana Peena. I returned to Davis on the train in the dark while the others drove back to Bodega Bay.

Zoos seem to be best visited around small children who seem to find the most interesting things first. It’s like learning to see again. I’ve never spent much time around a 5-month old giraffe, but they have beautiful markings.