Omaha Zoo

Sam and Ben were out of school on Thursday and Friday, so we decided to head north to Omaha.  None of us had been there before, so we were looking forward to a good trip.  We stayed right across the street from the Zoo at the Comfort Inn which was a GREAT hotel other than the low water pressure in the shower.  The central "wonder" of the zoo is the Desert Dome.  The upper part has numerous desert scenes from around the world.  Below the dome is the "Creatures of the Night" exhibit that has a walk through swamp.  This was not Sam's favorite part of the zoo, but ranks high for everyone else.  Below in the swamp were primarily alligators.  It did have a swamp like feel to it. 

Ben's reaction to cave paintings in the desert dome

The aquarium at the zoo is first class.  We would have paid just to see the aquarium.  The penguin exhibit was exquisite.  It was even snowing in their exhibit.