I finally yielded to GPS

Kissed by a Bactrian Camel at "The Wilds" of Ohio

Yes, I finally broke down and bought a Garmin GPS for my Ohio zoo trip and actually enjoyed it! It told me to turn the wrong way on a one-way street in Cincinnati and on my rural travels in eastern Ohio it returned me from The Wilds a different and longer route. But those were the only two "bads" I was aware of. I have generally not trusted them in the past, but got tired of printing out Google Maps which is the same thing as GPS and more trouble. So I'm now a lazy traveler who just goes where the nice lady in the box tells me to go. I guess it is part of slowing down in my elder years.

And oh yes, I tried it out locally first and it is funny how she pronounces the names of some of the streets - obviously a computer talking rather than a thinking person. But I can live with that.

Cincinnati Zoo & Superman Today

Lemur

I finished seeing the Cincinnati Zoo today including a nice visit with some of their docents. More great photos on an overcast day with only a couple of little short showers. Then I had time to see the new Superman movie. The good and the bad from my perspective: The new story line was creative and enjoyable after so many versions with him just chasing some criminals - possibly the best one from that perspective. But as Hollywood does now, they ruined a perfectly good movie by blowing up every building in Manhattan, one at a time! The war-like fighting and explosions did not add anything to an otherwise good script. And their use of 3-D was pitiful. Don't pay extra for 3-D! It did not make the experience any better.

Tomorrow I head home! It has been a good week for an retired old man! 73 next week!

Started Cincinnati Zoo Today

Polar Bear

Couldn't post yesterday but had a great day at "The Wilds" a 100,000 acre safari park in eastern Ohio near Cambridge, just 50 miles from Wheeling, WV! It was the highlight of my week with the head animal keeper leading a small Wildlife Tour with just 3 participants. Up close and personal with many animals - a real treat!

Drove to Cincinnati and spent about 3 hours starting their large zoo. If not raining tomorrow I will finish it. I never realized how "zoo-rich" Ohio is! My collection of animal photos just keeps growing! If I finish early enough tomorrow I may see the new Superman movie in a theater here. Then home Friday!

Started Columbus Zoo Today

Koala

Columbus Zoo is very large even without their amusement park and water park! I saw the North America and Asia portions today and hope to see all of the rest tomorrow, including a behind the scenes tour of their Veterinary Clinic. I got several interesting photos but this hotel computer is not set up for me to easily download photos. I may try to add one later as I did last night in Louisville.

Louisville Zoo Today

The first day of my week-long "zoo tour" was spent driving to and visiting Louisville Zoo - a very good zoo and bigger than Nashville's right now. It was very HOT but still enjoyable and of course a got a lot of new animal photos! My favorite section of the zoo was probably "The Islands" which features animals of the South Pacific. The Polar Bear exhibit was great but all indoor on a hot day and the bears were lethargic and same with the gorilla exhibit which might have ranked first for me if not so hot and the primates were more active. Tomorrow I drive to Columbus, Ohio.

Well, photos will be chosen without my usual enlargement or editing because I forgot my laptop and will have to use a hotel computer without being able to see if it is a good photo.

New Look for My Website

http://www.charliedoggett.net

My host has changed servers and software and the new look was done with Joomla! a CMS website software that is free with lots of free extensions such as the slide show I have on the Home Page now. I plan to add some small photo galleries to go with some stories, but my main gallery will continue to be on Pbase.com. I still haven't done much with the family section but hope to soon. And the travel section will continue to grow. Check out the new look!