Typical scenery as we drive toward Des Moines.
Typical scenery as we drive toward
Des Moines.
Crossing the Missouri River.
The outside of Lisa's apartment.
The adjacent parking lot. Lisa's garage is 2nd from the left.
Inside Lisa's apartment. It's very spacious for a single person,
and even has a fireplace.
The main attraction -- Lisa's computer and its games.
Lisa took us to her favorite restaurant, HuHot's, a
Mongolian barbeque place. Yum!
Making Christmas sugar cookies.
Lisa made sushi for us. She cooked the special rice, used the
seaweed wrapper, and filled it with avocado, cucumber, and
cooked salmon.
Our big expedition in Des Moines was to the Blank Park Zoo.
These strange 'fish' are really axolotl newts.
An albino axolotl.
Poison Dart Frogs.
The Australian section is an open path. Once you enter this
section, you are walking through the animals' space with no
fence between you. There are several wallabies in here.
A parent emu and babies.
Four baby emus.
I'm not sure which Hubbell this is, but I'm sure one of my
relatives will figure it out.
Feeding frenzy.
There are 8 penguins living at this zoo.
Lunchtime!
The Homo Sapiens exhibit.
This prairie dog appears bent on escape.
Snow Monkeys.
