My absolutely favorite thing we did the entire trip was on Saturday when we went to the North Cheyenne Zoo. This has to be the coolest zoo I have ever been too. With it being on the mountain you have amazing views and cool exhibits. The giraffe exhibit is amazing and they were close enough for you to feed. Since it was the first cold day of the season and first thing in the morning we had an opportunity to see the majority of the animals up, outside, and playing. Many of them put on a good show for us. I have never been to a zoo where so many of the animals were moving around and playing. So much fun!!! Definitely worth going too. All three of us had a great time. Jason and I enjoyed seeing how excited Kaylie was to see all the animals. It was fun to see her brain work and match the animal with the animal sound.
Turned around to a giggling child. This is what we found.
It turned into a game of "Peek A Boo."
They have several peacocks just walking around. They did not seem scared at all. We actually had to run from one as it was working its way towards Kaylie's goldfish. We feared it's sharp beak.
I would have to say this zoo is most likely know for this exhibit. Since the zoo is on a mountain the giraffe exhibit is pretty much level with you. I am not sure who enjoyed this more. I am pretty sure I got the most joy out of watching and feeding the giraffes. Kaylie did not know what to do with them.
As you can see she would not take her eyes off of them. She had to make sure she was not going to accidentally get licked.
I LOVED feeding them. It cracked me up. Kaylie wasn't sure about it so I made sure to buy more crackers to feed them.
As Kaylie would say..."cheese!" They were really good at posing for us.
When asked she would say she wanted to feed them. When you gave her the cracker she would freak out and throw it onto the ground. They can't reach them there.
This is why it is not good to throw a cracker on the ground. It does not look very easy to pick something up. I was shock at how flexible he seemed to be.
The smaller one was a baby. Precious!!! It was hard to give him a cracker. The bigger one kept stealing it.
He is eating the wood. Apparently, they eat 18 out of 24 hours a day so when their are no crackers wood will do. It made my mouth hurting watching it. How do they not get splinters?!?
A cold front had come in the night before making these poor mearkats cold. They were fighting each other to be under the pile.
The view from the top of the zoo. How many zoos have a view like this. Absolutely breath taking!
Another side of the zoo.
The one we ran for. I was slow to react. Thankfully, I had Jason behind me telling me to GO! He was way too interested in her fish!
Tapirs...they had a lot of animals from Australia. Surprised me.
This bear put on a show for us. He started on the ground. I think he was looking for an escape route. Thanks for performing for us.
This bear looked like he was in a food coma. He seemed pretty comfortable!
The climber
Just like the peacocks the chipmunks had no fear. They would run out in front of you and your stroller. Being the person I am I grabbed a fish from Kaylie and fed him. Kaylie was quit unamused, threw her hand down on top of her fish and said, "My fish." Sorry!
He became greedy and tried to get more. He did not have any luck! Kaylie was not willing to give any more up.
Kaylie vs. the gorilla. Kaylie won. The gorilla did not appreciate the flash from the camera and took off.
If you look at the back you can see the monkey has a box on his head. Apparently, boxes are their toys of choice.
Kaylie loved this exhibit. We could not get her to leave it. When ever we did she would run back to it.
They have several peacocks just walking around. They did not seem scared at all. We actually had to run from one as it was working its way towards Kaylie's goldfish. We feared it's sharp beak.
I would have to say this zoo is most likely know for this exhibit. Since the zoo is on a mountain the giraffe exhibit is pretty much level with you. I am not sure who enjoyed this more. I am pretty sure I got the most joy out of watching and feeding the giraffes. Kaylie did not know what to do with them.
As you can see she would not take her eyes off of them. She had to make sure she was not going to accidentally get licked.
I LOVED feeding them. It cracked me up. Kaylie wasn't sure about it so I made sure to buy more crackers to feed them.
As Kaylie would say..."cheese!" They were really good at posing for us.
When asked she would say she wanted to feed them. When you gave her the cracker she would freak out and throw it onto the ground. They can't reach them there.
The smaller one was a baby. Precious!!! It was hard to give him a cracker. The bigger one kept stealing it.
He is eating the wood. Apparently, they eat 18 out of 24 hours a day so when their are no crackers wood will do. It made my mouth hurting watching it. How do they not get splinters?!?
A cold front had come in the night before making these poor mearkats cold. They were fighting each other to be under the pile.
The view from the top of the zoo. How many zoos have a view like this. Absolutely breath taking!
Another side of the zoo.
The one we ran for. I was slow to react. Thankfully, I had Jason behind me telling me to GO! He was way too interested in her fish!
Tapirs...they had a lot of animals from Australia. Surprised me.
This bear put on a show for us. He started on the ground. I think he was looking for an escape route. Thanks for performing for us. 
This bear looked like he was in a food coma. He seemed pretty comfortable! 
The climber
Just like the peacocks the chipmunks had no fear. They would run out in front of you and your stroller. Being the person I am I grabbed a fish from Kaylie and fed him. Kaylie was quit unamused, threw her hand down on top of her fish and said, "My fish." Sorry! 
He became greedy and tried to get more. He did not have any luck! Kaylie was not willing to give any more up.
Kaylie vs. the gorilla. Kaylie won. The gorilla did not appreciate the flash from the camera and took off.
If you look at the back you can see the monkey has a box on his head. Apparently, boxes are their toys of choice. 
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