We visited the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo earlier this week. It’s a sprawling zoo that runs up the hillside on the mountains on the outskirts of Colorado Springs. At this point, I don’t know whether this is a private or public zoo. But it is a wonderful and apparently popular zoo, and we had a great time exploring it. It’s a bit embarrassing to make the comparison to Honolulu’s now unaccredited zoo.
We happened to be entering this part of the bear’s exhibit when this bear decided to relax in its small pond.
Our friends asked the zoo staff whether the bear hunted the fish. Well, it seems the bear likes the shallow water, while the fish stay on the deep wide when the bear is around.
If you haven’t figured it out yet, this is a space saver. We’re on our way back to Honolulu starting very early today, Mountain Time, so won’t have a chance for a regular post today.
Hopefully I’ll be back here tomorrow morning.
In the meantime, click on the photo to see a larger version.
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I spent 15 years in the Springs. Beautiful area. My great grandparents had a home in Manitou that they drove to for the summer. My mother who often accompanied them as a child, said that the Garden of the Gods could be seen from the home. I enjoyed the mountains, hiking, cross country skiing , Aspins turning, smell of the pines.