I have taken advantage of one of our nicer benefits at work lately: Summer Hours. If I put in extra hours M-Th, then I can take off Friday afternoons. Putting in the extra hours isn't the problem - trying to get everything wrapped up to be able to leave early is. So far I have been able to get out early twice, and we have hit the zoo both times.
Zoo mac & cheese is one of those magical dishes that cannot be passed up.
I was able to leave work at 11:00, which got me home at 11:35 and back on the road to the zoo by 11:45. There was a baseball game, concert, and city fireworks display at the ballpark that shares the zoo parking lot, so we had to park a mile away and run to make our 1:00 IMAX movie. The movie was "Dinosaurs 3D!" and was pretty much a like a Discovery Channel show, but with some 3D dinos jumping around. The movie had maybe 3 or 4 minutes of film that was actually shot with an IMAX camera. The rest of the movie was old crappy film that had been blown up to 60' high or computer generated stuff that looks better on a home TV.
It's fascinating looking at birds after endlessly studying dinosaurs with the kids. This one's feathers are more hair than feathers, and it has a huge claw on one of its toes.
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