zoo lights

The zoo was a zoo last night!  But, it did not disappoint!  Even though we had to park a mile away and walk (because we didn’t want to wait what probably would have been an hour for the shuttle) we still had a great time.  Since it was Hubby’s work Christmas party we started out with dinner in one of the zoo banquet rooms, but of course I forgot to get a picture of it.  Then we headed out to look at the lights and ride the zoo train.  The lights were spectacular!  It’s quite the experience to be surrounded by so many different colored lights.
After dinner we walked around before getting in line for the train because we knew the wait for the train would take the rest of the night.  But, the whole time the boys were asking if we could head to the train yet. 
We walked by the little gingerbread house…
All the walkways were lit with these panels of lights.  The rainbow ones were really neat.





The trees were all just amazing, especially in this main walkway with the red and blue. 



The wait for the train was a long one.  I didn’t keep track of total time, but I’m thinking about an hour was our total wait time.  The excitement sure didn’t dwindle though by the time we got on the train.  It was a long cold wait, but a very enjoyable ride.  We got off the train around 9:45, I think, and it was time to head home!  We didn’t walk back to the car, we took the shuttle that time since there was practically no one left at the zoo.