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Lizzie2
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Philadelphia Zoo - Had a great time! (Photo link)
« on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 4:51pm » |
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I get to go to the zoo tomorrow!!!! (Hehe I'm reliving my childhood now that I'm an "adult"
Many of you may remember my little buddy Jared who died in February 2004 from cancer at age 9. He was a THON child thru Hershey Med Center. THON is our Penn State yearly fundraiser to raise money for children with cancer at Hershey Med. School-wide we raised over $3.6 million all the years I went to Penn State. 
Anyways....Jared had relapsed in August 2003 - he was actually a couple of rooms down from Nancy's (OneEyeBlind) Christopher....families knew each other. Which was a special bond for Nancy and I as well.
Soooooooooooooooooooooooo long story short, Nolan, who's Jared's younger brother, has a cub scout trip to the Philadelphia Zoo tomorrow. They live out in Reading (think Reading Railroad on Monopoly), and I haven't seen them since last summer. Nolan is in 3rd grade now - he's coming with his parents. I can't wait!!!!
All the years I've been going to Jefferson for my own medical shtuff, I always would bug my dad on the way down to go to the zoo instead of to the hospital. The Zoo exit off the Schuylkill is on the way into Center City. He always laughed and said, "Next time." Well we never got there! I'm finally getting to go to the zoo!!! Haven't been since like....7th grade.
Woot
Happy "kid" 
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #1 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 4:56pm » |
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Hahaha I have to reply to my own post cuz a movie line just came to mind:
"Let's go to the zoo!"
"The F-ing Zoo's closed, Ray."
What movie??? hehe
Carrie
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #2 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 5:04pm » |
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That'll be FUN......I wanted to go to the zoo this year too but we never made it........wanted to visit the new rainforest greenhouse they built too at one of them. Last time while at the zoo the monkies kept me totally entertained a while......oh my the things they do when they KNOW they have a captive audience. Some people were applauled and drug kids away fast. Too funny........doo-doo tossing eating and smeelling with a little yank-and-wacking inbetween watcher Pam  
There really GROSS.................................... 
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #3 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 5:04pm » |
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Good for you, Kid.....keep away from the monkeys, they like to throw things
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #4 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 5:07pm » |
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Ew yeah thanks for the reminder!
I want to see the penguins
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #5 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 5:26pm » |
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on Sep 23rd, 2005, 4:56pm, Lizzie2 wrote:Hahaha I have to reply to my own post cuz a movie line just came to mind:
"Let's go to the zoo!"
"The F-ing Zoo's closed, Ray."
What movie??? hehe
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"Qantas, gotta fly Qantas"
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #6 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 8:40pm » |
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Carrie...you lucky duck. I haven't been to the Philadelphia Zoo since I was a kid. Do they still have those elephant shaped keys? I remember when I finally got my key...I wore it around my neck for about a week before we left. Felt like a VIK (very important kid).
For those non-Philadelphians...the Schuylkill is the photogenic part of Philly.
 Boathouse Row on the Schuylkill river.
 View of the Philly Skyline. That's the Schuylkill river in the foreground and the road to the Zoo (I-76 - Schuylkill expressway on the left)
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #7 on: Sep 23rd, 2005, 9:21pm » |
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Went thru that town at nite on a tour bus years ago with my mom heading for Atlantic City to hit the casino's.......that area is gorgeous at nite.......I remember both the areas quite well it was so impressive. I think that's the area our bus driver fell asleep the one time we went dureing the day.......scart the crap out of me !!!! Frilly Philly Pam
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #8 on: Sep 24th, 2005, 1:17pm » |
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Have nice time at the zoo!
I love to go to zoos everywhere... Aguess I've managed to keep the kid in me alive!
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #9 on: Sep 24th, 2005, 1:24pm » |
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Sanna we need to have a date in Skansen one of these fine days! (NOT til Summer time though!)
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #10 on: Sep 24th, 2005, 1:30pm » |
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on Sep 24th, 2005, 1:24pm, LeLimey wrote:| Sanna we need to have a date in Skansen one of these fine days! (NOT til Summer time though!) |
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I have lots of great memories of Skansen from my childhood... I'd love to go there again with you!
BTW, there's a zoo in Helsinki, too.
http://www.hel.fi/zoo/index_eng.html
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Re: Philadelphia Zoo
« Reply #11 on: Sep 24th, 2005, 10:09pm » |
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Soooooooooooo much fun!!!!!
Here's one of my favorite pics from today:
That's Amy (my grand-little from SAI at Penn State), Nolan (Jared's little brother), and me
We're in the monkey house....no comments from the peanut gallery
We had such a great day!! Here's the link to the rest of the photos:
http://tinyurl.com/dlnaj
After the Zoo, Lisa, Dave, Nolan and I got Chinese and came back to my apartment to have dinner, look at old pictures, and catch up on a lot!
Miss Jared more and more...but I'm so glad I got to see them.
Carrie
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