A day at the Zoo

Last Monday was a fun day. We decided to go to the Zoo, and so did the rest of Utah. Still it was a great time, especially when compared to our trip to the Sandiago Zoo. All you Zoogoers out there prepare to get the dagger looks out. It is time to play the comparison game between Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake and the Sand Diago Zoo.

Lets break it down. Parking lot Sand Diego one' Hogle zero. Although there are many places to put parking in the Hogle Zoo area, the city of salt lake chooses green over pavement. To me that doesn't make sense to put green yards away from a beautiful canyon. Now I'm not totally against enviromental issues, but sometimes when we try to do good in one spot we do bad in another. Not only did cars have to go up and down the street to find a place to park, but many were force to park in the bike lane.

Cost comparison time.....Sandiago Zoo $28.00 per person(with discount tickets) .Hogle Zoo clearly the winner @ $8.00 per person. And we are at a tie ladies and gentlemen, with Hogle Zoo one Sand Diego one. With great entertainment value like that it's no surprise that Utah, flocked to Zoo.

Next lets take a look at how many animals you actually get to see. Here again Hogle Zoo wins by a land slide. The new tally, Hogle Zoo two, San Diego, one. We went to San Diego, to see the Panda bears. We stood in line, we sweated. we listened to the lecture of how man and the environment, don't belong on the same planet. And after about an hour, we stood in front of an out door chapel that paid homage to what Zoo keepers and many other's, consider, the most holy animal on earth. After two minutes, we were told to "get out".

The rest of the time at SDZ, we spent looking for animals. Some thing that you think that they would have at a Zoo. I think that they must have moved most of the animals to wild country park, so they can get another $45.00 each, out of us.

Next, environmental preaching. I think we have to take away points from both Zoo's. The new tally- San Diego, minus one, Hogle Zoo, one and a half.

At SDZ every were you went, there was a message about how we need to conserve, or the animals will all go away. There was even a message in the restroom, about how the mostly not flush toilets, could save water and thus save the planet. The big problem, as I see it, is that it stunk in those restrooms and it was full of flies.

There was not near as much at HZ, but I deducted half a point, for a plaque that they had in the "rain forest room" that stated "we loose an amount of the rain forest equal to the state of Utah every year". That plague has been there a long time, so is there any rain forest left? Or is that just a little gilt trip that they want to send every one on?

And now, for the bonus round, how much fun did we have? There San Diego came out the big loser, again. At one time, I'm sure that SDZ was a fun place to go. I'm not sure if it is because they take themselves too serious, or because they just stopped trying, or because they have been the leading Zoo, in the world, for so long that they just figured no matter what they do, people will come and they will like it.

So world, if you want to enjoy a good Zoo, I would recommend a trip too Hogle Zoo, in Salt lake. If you want to walk up and down hills and lectured on how evil you are, for being alive. I think you know what Zoo to visit.

Once again, thanks for reading, Boyd




P.S. My wife likes this picture, because it show how close to an ape, I really am.