We LOVE the Lufkin Zoo

My kids are outside kids.  They love to be outside and running around.  Since we have only ever lived in apartments that makes it a little difficult.  When we lived in Carollton it was easier since there was a GREAT park close by and I could put the kids in the stroller and walk to it.  Lydia would play for hours and then we would go home.  It was a great set up.  Here in Lufkin the parks are iffy and not very close.  So we have a new favorite place to go.....the zoo!!  The town here is small enough that there are very few people frequenting the zoo during the school year and even less in the afternoon.  In fact there have been quite a few times where we have been the only ones there.  It's great and the kids love it.  We go about 3-4 times in a good week.  (The library is also an every Wed event.) 

 

Going in the afternoon is the best because the animals are hungry.  So you get to see some up close and personal.  We are about 3 1/2 feet away from the tiger.  The Jaguar and Lions get this way too.  It's super fun to see the animals so close.  I don't know where else we would get that experience.