9 months is the appropriate age to start formally touring you local city, say us. Elijah made his first trek up Mill Mountain this weekend, including a drive by Mini Graceland. We walked out to the star, and he was very impressed with the view. It was quite clear--so clear that we could see the Salem flashlight (water tower).
We hit the zoo, of course. Elijah bought Justin family passes for Christmas and seemed to thoroughly enjoy looking at his stroller tray while there. He noticed the monkeys and the vultures most of all but was not very impressed with the goats. We would certainly like to see a book of zoo history (Kim's trying to get Justin to write it), as it is fascinating to hear stories of when the zoo was a "children's storybook zoo." The Zoo Choo still runs--we'll have to take Itty Bit on it later this year! There are no praire dogs anymore, but we did buy some praire dog bookmarks in the sparse gift shop.
We had dinner at Pitt Boss at Cave Spring, one of our new favorite restaurants. Jack and bleu sticks with spicy ranch, smoked turkey sandwich on a pretzel roll...only Cherry Coke could've made it yummier!
Sounds like a fun day! I'd be curious to hear Elijah's take on mini-Graceland. We drive past it nearly every day on the way to the hospital and it always gives me a giggle. I always notice something I didn't the day before!
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