Zoo in the Desert

June 30th we went to the Roos-n-More Zoo located in Moapa, Nevada. I have been wanting to go there for the longest time and I finally made it happen! Porter was soooooooooooo excited that morning when we told him where we were going. All morning he kept yelling, "Yeah! Going to the zoo!!!" He fell asleep on the way there and woke up just as we pulled into the parking lot. First thing out of his mouth: "Oh my gosh...animals!" I don't know where he gets that; we really don't say that! It was funny. I ended up being very surprised that he wasn't as excited when we were there. He had no interest in holding or even really petting the animals. I was shocked; I thought he'd love it. He acted pretty scared.
Zebra stripes! I wanted to get a picture with Porter and the zebra but he wouldn't get close, plus there was always a mob of people around each animal which was annoying. A lot of times it all felt so unorganized and drove me a little crazy. I would want to take a picture of Porter and an animal and people would be petting the animal covering up Porter. So irritating.
Porter holding a kangaroo. Why didn't he love it or smile?! When we told him we were going to the zoo I really think he expected something like the Nashville Zoo we had just visited in May. He asked several times to ride the train. =P
Baby llama eating fruit; he was cute.
One thing I would change or improve is having signs on the cages about the animals. Several times I had no idea what we were looking at; it was all very fun but Aaron and I agreed that the zoo was a wee bit ghetto. That's not to be insulting in any way, shape, or form, it's just that it was so random. I also think it would more correctly be titled "Exotic Animal Petting Zoo" instead of a "Zoo". Guess I just expected a bit more when I went.
The monkey was hilarious and a busy body.


My boys caged up!
Had no idea what this zebra-looking-donkey-horse-thing was; pretty interesting.
Porter was so funny; he kept putting his hand over his nose. I swear I didn't smell anything and I'm the one who should have the sensitive nose right now!


The camels were cool and so big!


An ostrich looking thing that could pass for a dinosaur bird.

Cute funny monkey who was jumping all over the place in his cage.
Some kind of pig just wondering around.

Some animal in the raccoon family; had an ant-eater look to it. Can't remember the name of it.
We wanted Porter to hold the snake but no way Jose! I would've loved to hold the snake but didn't take time. Snakes are awesome.

Porter thought this bird was going to steal his hat so he held on to it really tight.



My caged little monkey boy.
A horse of a dog I wanted to call "Sampson".
Some things at the zoo seemed so random. Like the fenced in area of guinea pigs and rabbits.
Otters! A coming attraction at the zoo we were told will be swimming with the otters!


One of the best parts of our visit was the "monkey/otter show". It really wasn't a show, it was just the worker taking the monkey in who was chased and teased and ganged up on by the otter's. It was pretty darn funny!
Me holding an albino kangaroo; he was so cute and snuggly! His ears reminded me of Chia's. Didn't notice until later on that Porter was holding his tail in the picture.

The armadillo Porter wouldn't touch; I did.
Porter would finally pet the baby llama. So cute! Overall we loved our visit and were glad we went. Next time I don't think we'll make the 2 hour round trip and spend the gas just for that; it would be better to do that on the way to Vegas or something. Of course they're only opened a couple days a month so would have to time it pretty well. $10/person and 2 years old and under are free.
http://www.roosnmore.com/rooshome.html