Every year for as long as I can remember, Cameron, Meg and I have taken a trip to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. Even during Covid, we made sure to carry on the Heinisch tradition. Although it had only been the three of us previously, we added Doug to our annual trip last year. Normally, we had gone on a week day which prevented him from going. Meg had I-Core in Bloomington during the summer of 2021, however, so she was only available on the weekends. We were glad to add Doug, especially since he was paying for it all.
A couple of weeks ago, Meg and I realized that we hadn't taken our zoo trip this year. With Cameron 's golf schedule in May and June, and the events surrounding Richard's death, we just hadn't been able to find a day that worked for everyone before she left for her internship. We knew that our annual trip would have to end sometime, but didn't want it to be this year if possible. Thankfully, all of us were available today and we left this morning on our journey.
The weather had been cooler and more overcast than it had been over the past few days, which really helped with the crowds. Last year, we couldn't even ride the log flume in Australia due to the long line, but this summer we walked right on to it. The weather didn't affect how many animals we saw either, as most were up and moving or at least in plain view. We thoroughly enjoyed our two hour tour of the zoo. Cameron and Meg also made time for a soft pretzel and a trip on the sky ride. We ended our afternoon together with a late lunch at Portillo's. We had a lot of fun and hopefully will be able to take one more trip next year.
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