Let's get to catching up on Cedar Point that trip we took after Anthrohio, now. Features a very special encounter!
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bunnyhugger enjoys a cocktail(!) at the park while longing to pet that turkey's knobbly head.
Our discussions with the turkey on the subject got nowhere except for him to emit a distracting cloud of black feathers from his belly as a distraction. Also note the kid behind waving chopsticks at the turkey, you can't direct that kind of posing, you just have to get lucky and catch the right moment.
But one of the zoo attendants just scooped the turkey up so bunnyhugger and I could pet his head, regardless of his feeling about it.
I didn't get a picture of the actual moment of petting, but you can see the turkey wasn't unduly put out by the attention.
Meanwhile, the camels --- you remember how many camels the white farmers of Ohio had in the 19th century --- is supremely chill about this.
Special guest appearance by the Doubtful Dromedary and the Comfortable Camel, fresh from The Royal Book of Oz!
Walking past the performance stage where not much was going on. We didn't see the Pep Rally show and I suspect we've missed the Summer show, whatever that is. The Rehearsal In Progress seems to have caught things between acts.
We didn't ride the Wild Mouse as there was this 45-minute wait. Also, they had this nice new sign estimating the line wait. There hadn't been one when we visited earlier in the month, and the park's been getting worse about keeping these signs accurate --- and it doesn't have any at some of their parks --- as part of pushing people to check their app instead. So we're glad seeing this sign, especially as its styling is customized to the ride and not a generic one like the older roller coasters get. (Steel Vengeance also has an in-theme wait sign.)
Taking a picture of my ostrich on the Kiddie Kingdom carousel, the one ride where we're specifically told it's okay to take pictures.
bunnyhugger at the end of her ride. Surprising but true: the picture is more interesting in this orientation than it is when corrected, which is why I'm leaving it like this.
The tiger, with that bright glossy shine that makes you worry it's been replaced with a fiberglass replica of itself. (Last we checked it had not, it's just a really shiny lacquer.)
Trivia: As late as 1912, Baltimore lacked a sewer system, and necessary tubmen emptied out about 70,000 privy vaults and cesspools where the human waste, in thousand-gallon lots, would be sold to farmers who grew tomatoes, cabbages, and other vegetables for urban consumption. Source: Down To Earth: Nature's Role in American History, Ted Steinberg.
Currently Reading: The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery Of The World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine, Benjamin Wallace.
