Mom played hooky from work and we drove to Omaha to visit the zoo. For some reason, my whole family has a love of zoos. Whenever we're on vacation someplace with a nice zoo, we go. Last week I thought to myself, "You know, it'd be nice to go to the Omaha Zoo. I haven't been there for years." The next day, Mom said, "You know, I can take a day off of work. I think we should go to the Omaha Zoo." Weird. But, normal in my family. So, Mom and I packed a picnic lunch and headed out early in the morning for Omaha. Not too early, though, because it only takes an hour and a half to get there. We entered the zoo at 10:20 and noticed that we could go see the
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