Fast forward fifty years and it is still the simpler side of zoos which bring out the kid in us all. While visiting our grandkids and their parents who recently moved to a suburb of Omaha, we visited the Henry Doorly Zoo. This is a really neat place, having some tremendous new venues for viewing animals in natural settings. There is a Desert Dome, which actually contains biospheres from several different parts of the world, an IMAX theater, and new large cat and ape buildings.
While strolling the grounds after seeing most of the exhibits, we happened up on a covered bridge leading back toward the exit. The grandkids kept scampering back and forth across the picturesque structure, while the grandparents stopped in the middle to rest up a little. The Lovely Bride discovered there were fish food dispensers, and sure enough, swarms of brightly colored koi in the waters below. The adults spent 20 minutes watching over-fed carp climbing over each other in an attempt to grab the morsels falling from above.
Who says you can't recapture your youth?
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