1.4 Mile Walk at the Rosamund Gifford Zoo
Saturday, September 14, 2024
When Ann and I were at the Syracuse zoo for the Zoo Run Run 5k run and walk back in April, we noticed several nests that had large eggs in them... later we learned that in May the eggs would "hatch" and be replaced by a series of dragons which would remain at the zoo until October. Summer came and went and we didn't manage to get there to see the dragons - but this weekend she was planning to come over to this side of the state for a college friend's birthday celebration, so I drove out to Syracuse to meet her and we visted the zoo and the dragons before getting lunch and heading east.
The dragons were from a variety of cultures and had varying degrees of animation and sound. There were also two real-world creatures - a dragonfly and a komodo dragon - included in the mix. Unfortunately, we missed one dragon (the manticore) which was apparently in a more off-the-beaten path location than the others - we didn't find that out until we were ready to leave, and at that point we were tired and hungry enough that we didn't want to go back.
a Chinese dragon
a dragonfly
a friendly dragon
a wyvvern
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a Bornean dragon
a western dragon
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an ice dragon
a quetzalcoatl
a komodo dragon
a sea serpent
