Earlier, I posted a rant about Christmas lights in Boston as compared to my home city, Kansas City. Yes, I’m biased. I think Kansas City has way better Christmas decorations than Boston. But seriously, if you’ve seen the two you’ll know I’m right.  But today is not about Christmas lights, it’s about zoos. I like zoos. I haven’t been to a lot of zoos, but the ones I have visited usually are pretty good. St. Louis has a magnificent zoo with hundreds of animals.  Portland Oregon’s zoo is small in size, but bustling with exhibits. Kansas City’s zoo is sprawling, though sometimes lacking in animals. Once again I assumed that a large city like Boston would have a spectacular zoo.

I looked it up and there are actually two zoos in Boston, Forest Park Zoo on the south west corner of Boston, and Stone Zoo in the northern area. Forest Park appeared to be the bigger of the two so we decided to go to there. All the zoos I’ve been to have been constructed in somewhat of a maze pattern. You wander around curvy lanes and come upon animal enclosures that highlight the given species. Forest Park had none of that. As we entered the exhibit I took notice of the solitary walkway that cut straight through the middle of the park from which all exhibits bordered. The walkway itself was only about 1/4 mile long and it was evident that this would not be a whole day affair. In fact, I wondered if it would be a whole hour experience. Beyond the aviary we saw a gorilla house, a large cat area, a giraffe enclosure, and a children’s petting zoo. I wondered if the sleeping lions were dreaming of the San Diego or even Bronx Zoo. There may have even been a zebra and a water buffalo somewhere. I guess I can say I’ve been there, done that, didn’t want a t-shirt. The great thing was that we did have a coupon that saved us 50% on admission. I can honestly say that it was a fine $9.00 attraction.  I guess every city has its weaknesses. So far I think Boston has two, Christmas lights and zoos.