July 5

We left for Cincinnati today!  We started at the zoo.  What an awesome zoo!!  You can get so close to some of the animals that it's scary. 

Asian elephants.  I probably could've reached his trunk at one point, but I'm sure they frown upon that.

Jayna's hands and feet compared to a gorilla.  "Almost!" she proclaims.  Yeah, I don't think so.

Posing with a statue. 

Petting a tortoise.

4D movie!

Dorks.

On the "America round."

Look at that creepy ass gazelle/zebra thingy!  She picked that one specifically!  Why, kid?  WHY?!?

Yep...creepy up close too.

 

Petting flamingos.

 

Jayna's weight in bugs.

Stag beetles!!  We've found the grail!

Up close...Her favorite is, of course, the unicorn beetle.

Oohing and aahing over a REAL LIVE STAG BEETLE.  She'd have taken it home had they let her.

An Australian giant walking stick bug.  This bug acted more like a domesticated pet than a bug.  Bizarre.

And of course Jayna had to pet the bug.

Petting a milk snake.  Chris almost peed himself.

Dorks.  Again.

Waiting to eat at Brother's.  Newport on the Levee...where we visited a biker rally by accident.

She loved this human statue but was scared to death to give him a tip.

 

A Reds game from across the river.  Sad. :(  Next time we'll go to a game!!