Phoenix Zoo & Swimming

We took a trip to the Phoenix Zoo last weekend.  We were flying out of Phoenix to head to Georgia for house hunting and decided to go a day early in order to go to the zoo.  It was definitely a HOT day (115) and were happy the zoo opens at 7!  By 7 am it was already 90 degrees and Grayson was a happy camper to see a water play area there at the zoo.  Of course we didn't think about bringing his swimsuit so his clothes ended up soaked, but were able to dry them out some with the hand dryer in the bathroom. :)  

Phoenix Zoo has the BEST monkey exhibit we have seen by far!  It was set up like an aviary or butterfly house where the smaller monkeys were hanging out and you could walk inside.  Of course they asked you to stay 3 ft away not knowing how a monkey would react and not to touch them.  Trying to keep Gray 3 ft away was tricky, but a lot of fun to walk through!  In the pictures below I didn't have to zoom in with my camera at all because that's really how close we were to them.  One jumped from a tree branch to another and scarred a lady half to death since it seemed like it was ready to jump right on her!  There's a rope above your head they can climb across as well so you better watch out when they're up above!

 As usual Grayson had fun a the zoo despite the heat and really enjoyed the area where he could pet the goats.  I think he ended up going around to every goat to say hi.  He even got to touch a sting ray at another exhibit!  

We stayed at a hotel with a pool for 2 nights and Grayson loved swimming in the pool.  We found a couple floating things that Grayson could sit in so we didn't have to hold him the whole time.  He loved being able to hang out in the water on his own!  We had a fun time in Phoenix despite the heat and managed to miss the HUGE dust storm they got last week!  However, our poor Volvo was COVERED in dirt when we got it from the parking lot yesterday and we managed to pay a soccer group $10 today to wash our car for us. :)