Yesterday Hailey and I decided to venture to the Riverbanks Zoo, which is conveniently 5 miles from our house! The zoo itself was pretty cheap, only costing $16. It had a lot to offer including all the animals you would normally see at a zoo, as well as: USA top 25 Botanical Garden, an awesome kids splash area (which I totally played in), tones of food options (which is where the prices always getchya), and a crazy ape exhibit with apes you could hear from all over the zoo!

Check out the Riverbanks zoo:

https://www.riverbanks.org/

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This dude was so chill.

Entrance to the botanical gardens.

This bird had crazy red eyes! He looked as if he was going to kill you.

It was the perfect day for a zoo trip, really. The only downside is it was a chilly 92 degrees, with a heat index of 99 (sarcasm).

I’m not sure what they were doing…

Monkey see, monkey do.

All in all it is a beautiful zoo, and as far as zoo’s go it was probably one of my favorites. Definitely worth the visit!