Brookfield Zoo Reopens
Jul 18, 2020 09:30:42 #
Jul 18, 2020 09:31:40 #
Jul 18, 2020 09:33:56 #
crafterwantabe wrote:
Very nice pictures
Thanks for the compliment... I like your byline... I see so many wandering with their heads down texting when I am either at the zoo or out in the forest preserve... Wish they could see the beauty around them...
I appreciate your visit
Jul 18, 2020 09:34:57 #
blacks2 wrote:
Excellent. 
Thanks very much... It was a beautiful day and excellent zoo to visit
Jul 18, 2020 09:37:36 #
Jul 18, 2020 09:40:47 #
Hereford wrote:
You had a great day with great shots. #2 is awesome of Leo.
Many thanks for the nice compliment and yes it was an excellent day
Jul 18, 2020 11:00:53 #
I once (a few decades ago?) did a bike ride from Prospect Heights to Brookfield Zoo on my birthday. It took almost exactly 2.5 hours and I got a ride back home in someone's van after the visit - probably the support vehicle. BTW, any idea if the Des Plaines theater is still around? There was a small café' across the street where a model train brought the plates of food to the tables.
Jul 18, 2020 12:24:33 #
Jul 18, 2020 12:38:40 #
larryzplace wrote:
Zoo opened for members only by appointment only... Packed a lunch and thoroughly enjoyed the day
Your images are so clean & clear Larry.......love them all.
Jul 18, 2020 13:00:36 #
Jul 18, 2020 13:22:12 #
planepics wrote:
I once (a few decades ago?) did a bike ride from Prospect Heights to Brookfield Zoo on my birthday. It took almost exactly 2.5 hours and I got a ride back home in someone's van after the visit - probably the support vehicle. BTW, any idea if the Des Plaines theater is still around? There was a small café' across the street where a model train brought the plates of food to the tables.
Well the wife says it looks like the choochoo restaurant is still around... Thinks the theatre is changed to something else but not sure on either.... Give google a try and get the up to date info... Next door neighbor rides to brookfield zoo and back from here once in a while... and he is beat when he gets back.... Thanks for stopping by
Jul 18, 2020 13:23:27 #
srscary wrote:
Excellent set. Thanks for the virtual tour!
Thanks for your visit Ronnie
Jul 18, 2020 13:25:03 #
Blair Shaw Jr wrote:
Your images are so clean & clear Larry.......love them all.
Thanks Blair,
nikon 7200 and 70-300 nikor lens... Nice combo for the zoo....
I am glad you liked them
Jul 18, 2020 13:26:11 #
Earnest Botello wrote:
Excellent series, Larry.
Thanks for the visit Earnest, Glad you enjoyed them...
Jul 18, 2020 14:23:27 #
larryzplace wrote:
Well the wife says it looks like the choochoo restaurant is still around... Thinks the theatre is changed to something else but not sure on either.... Give google a try and get the up to date info... Next door neighbor rides to brookfield zoo and back from here once in a while... and he is beat when he gets back.... Thanks for stopping by
I looked at Google Maps streetside. ChooChoo is still going on - Des Plaines Theater just has a blank marquis (if it's the same building) and I think I saw a for lease sign on the corner of the road. I was Tom, the piper's son in the "Trial of Mother Goose" a LONG time ago (my entire dialog was "Tom, Tom, the piper's son. Stole a pig and away he run. If you should know what happens next, tune in next week on channel ten!" My parents had season tickets to the playhouse.
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