NZ Heather Comes to Visit April 2016: Miami Zoo

Before Heather flew back to Utah, we decided to squeeze in one final adventurous day.  One of our favorite places to visit is the Miami Zoo.  While we lived in south Florida, we had an annual pass to the Miami Zoo every year and definitely got our money's worth!  Daxton and I thought it would be the perfect place to take Heather and show her all the fun animals.

Since the Miami zoo is MASSIVE, we rented a little bike for the day.  These things are perfect because we just shoved everything on the roof we didn't need right away, and Dax could choose whether to sit in between us or in the front bench for children.

We saw rhino, elephants, orangutans...

We were lucky enough to see a mommy and baby zebra rolling in the dirt to itch their backs and cool off.

Our favorite spot was, of course, the giraffe feeding.

We loved being able to feed lettuce to the giraffe and get so close to these gorgeous animals.  Side note...I also LOVED Daxton's cute little zoo hat he would wear all the time 😍

He looked like he was constantly on safari.

We ended up buying several handfuls of lettuce, because Daxton loves feeding them so much.

Another spot we love to visit at the Miami Zoo is the Amazon section.  Dax played in and out of the fountains forever, while Heather and I relaxed and talked in the shade...with a cool diet coke in hand 😍

After I changed Dax's clothes, we kept exploring the zoo.  We love the Amazon section with all the different monkeys, jaguars, crocodiles, and snakes.  Mostly, Dax just loved running from spot to spot without a care in the world.

Visiting the Miami Zoo was the perfect last adventure to do with Heather before she flew back to Utah.  I sure love this girl so much and have cherished her friendship these last 16 years.  I can't believe it's been 15 years since we all lived in New Zealand together!