Warning, warning…
…hordes of small children (accompanied by tired-looking adults in their wake) will be invading the eastbound MAX train starting at approximately 4 pm today from the Washington Park stop. I’d anticipate many shin-bashing strollers as well if I were you…
Well, maybe not today if it’s going to rain later. But I was stunned to see the hordes of people clustered outside the zoo gates at 9 am (I was dropping my own daughter off for zoo camp), and watched them all stream out at 4 pm when I came to retrieve her (the zoo was also closing for the day.)
And the gift shop? Sheer bedlam, with stuffed animals of all kinds flying off the racks (I got coerced inside to buy one of those keys for the talking boxes since I’d forbidden my kid’s vaunted ‘pick the lock with a leaf’ trick).
It looks as if they have special activities planned during the week for their Zoo’s Gone Wild Spring Break celebration. BUT anyone thinking of heading out should note that the Zoo is still on winter hours, and is only open from 9 am to 4 pm.
Which means MAX trains will be extra-special crowded this week, I’d bet, if yesterday’s experience is anything to go by…
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yeh, wandering around downtown yesterday was crazy with all the kids. i went over to the pearl to escape. young kids don’t like art galleries.
i have seen a significant amount of graffiti that appeared over the weekend though. i with those kids would go back and tear up seaside instead.
not really, but do that stuff somewhere else.
enjoy the zoo. say hi to the penguins for us.