Dec 30 2008
Zoo Lights Exhibit At The Lincoln Park Zoo
Even though we had already been to Chicago once this week, we were told that tonight would be the warmest it was going to be for a long time. So, what better night to walk around the Lincoln Park Zoo and look at Christmas lights? Every year, Lincoln Park Zoo has a “Zoo Lights” display from late November until early January. Every tree in the zoo is covered in Christmas lights, there are lighted animal shapes, and there’s a computerized light display that dances to music.
We went at night, so it was cold but not awful, maybe around 40 degrees. The weatherman said that it would be dipping into the 20′s for the rest of the week though, making this the last night that we could comfortably go. Chrissy didn’t know that Lincoln Park Zoo is only about a half an hour drive in good traffic. The lights were amazing. I’ve seen trees with Christmas lights in them, but I’ve never seen trees this coated with lighting. Entire trees, down to the smallest limbs, were lit up in multiple colors.
There was other stuff going on as well. We got dinner at the Park Place Café and watched a guy with a chainsaw carve an ice sculpture outside. And because we were at a zoo, we also saw animals. Sleeping animals, mostly. The apes, monkeys, tigers, lions, and penguins were all asleep. We did see one giraffe, a snake, and a few mice that were awake though. I joked to Chrissy that we were at the “Sleeping Habits of Various Animals” exhibit. We had a good time though. We’ll have to go back when it’s warmer to see all the animals again.
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