This past week, Mac received his official orders to Fort Gordon. Of course, in the Army, these can be cancelled at any time, but we are moving to Georgia! We also had the somewhat shocking realization that April and May are our last two full months in Fayetteville. What? It seems like I just graduated from college, and we moved here. That was closing in on three years ago.
I’ve We’ve decided to capitalize on warmer weather and our limited time here to knock off some last minute trips around the state. We spent last Saturday at the North Carolina Zoo. This is the only zoo in the state, so it has quite a large population base. Accordingly, we spent 40 minutes in line just to get tickets and over 30 minutes in line for lunch. People were every where. Children were every where.
Overall, the zoo isn’t bad. It’s a rather large property (the parking lots alone are over a mile apart). Expect lots of hiking and lots of hills. Bring water. And comfy shoes. My calves did not enjoy the flip flops. Some of the larger African animals have large expanses to roam instead of small enclosures which tends to require more space between exhibits. The zoo also doesn’t have as many animals as you would see in a comparably sized zoo.
We had a good time, even if it was really crowded. The food was decent and staved off total starvation (I kid). We also spent most of the trip driving looking for Bigfoot in the Uwharrie National Forest. Time well spent, indeed.
I hear Georgia is awesome! Can’t wait to follow along on your new adventure.
Woohoo GEORGIA!! I’m excited for you girl!!
Yea Georgia!! We’ve visited the Ft Gordon area a couple of times, and it seems very nice! Lots of restaurants and malls and all that.. (:
Yay for getting orders! I love the NC Zoo we always had so much fun when we went. 🙂
So exciting about the official word on moving to GA! I’ll def miss having you near! I wish you told me yall were going to the zoo, i love it and its only like 30 min from my house!! Come visit soon before yall move!!!
I know you are excited to know where you are headed! We find out in the next month! I think it is so fun that you want to experience NC before you move! It’s such a great benefit of being military!
I love the NC Zoo! Pretty much every child in Southwest VA goes there on a field trip at some point, and I loved it so much I made my parents take me back. I could watch the polar bears forever.
What an awesome zoo!!! 🙂 Good luck with your move, girlie!
Gosh, I haven’t been to the zoo in forever. Makes me want to go!! Good luck with your move! How exciting!!