We spent three days in the
Omaha area. In Council Bluffs, Iowa
(just across the Missouri River) we went to the Union Pacific Railroad Museum
and the Kanesville Tabernacle. In Omaha
we went to the Mormon Trails Center across from the Winter Quarters Temple and
the cemetery where many pioneers were buried.
The other big attraction in
Omaha is the Doorly Zoo and Aquarium. It
is truly one of the best zoos in the country.
Many animals are in enclosures that can be viewed from indoors (since
its open all year) and are made so you are much closer to the animals than most
zoos. Also many are done as habitats
like the jungle or desert. We thought it
is much nicer than the San Diego Zoo, plus they had lots of my favorites:
monkeys, baboons, apes, gorillas, chimps.
They are so fun to watch.
We also covered a lot of
ground journeying westward this week.
First we went north to Sioux Falls, South Dakota. We spent a day there to see the falls and a
museum. Then we spent two days (about two
hundred miles per day) traveling to western South Dakota. Now we are in the Black Hills area, where we
will spend several days, then on to Wyoming.
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| Union Pacific Railroad Museum |
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| Mormon Trails Center |
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| at Omaha Zoo |
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| thoughtful ape |
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| penguins |
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| aquarium walk through tank |
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| jellyfish |
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| my new friend |
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| monkey grooming |
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| jungle habitat |
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| Sioux Falls |
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