How I almost became a saint in Saint Louis Zoo!

Hello there,

Saint Louis Zoo, one of the best zoos in the U.S. As it is also a 3hr drive from the place my aunt and uncle stay, we decided to go have a look. We started at around 10:00 a.m in the morning but guess what! We reached at 2:00 p.m in the afternoon. Why you ask were we so delayed? Well thanks to my grandfather we had to see the confluence of the Missouri and the Mississippi rivers(the place where they meet). That detour delayed us by 1 hour. Yet, I must admit it was quite a beautiful sight. When we reached the zoo, absolutely no parking was available. So, we had to park approximately one and half miles away. We ate our lunch at the parking spot and walked the one and half mile in a hot burning sun. No, problem I was still going to a Zoo. In the Zoo I had loads of fun doing many activities. We touched stingrays which was so cool, they actually felt more like jelly.I also discovered that their fins(known as 'wings') are really hard. I also saw penguins being fed. Oh! the penguins were so cute. I saw grizzly bears,gorillas(actually what my dad calls me), flamingos, lions, leopards, jaguars, kangaroos, zebras, swans, ducks,etc. Doesn't it sound like a  perfect place.

 

Yet, every good thing has some bad in it. Here's the bad part: The zoo was so huge that we covered only half of it but walked for literally 10-15 miles.When we came out of the zoo at 5 p.m from the 'north entrance'(earlier we came from the south one). My mom and uncle went to get the car. My uncle left a cell phone with us without a cell phone for themselves. My aunt then remembered that her cell phone was in the car. So, if they found the car they would receive the call. Half an hour later they receive the  call and say they just found the car. When they came to get us in the car they told us that the north entrance was way further than south one. By then each and every one of us was so tired we had a really heavy snack and gained energy. My uncle then said that we should look at the world famous Saint Louis arch. We obeyed and went there. The arch was so high I couldn't figure out how it was built.  It was amazing and so was the city Saint Louis. We headed back home at around 8 p.m and reached home at 11p.m. Throughout the journey I was sleepy but couldn't sleep. When we reached home the first thing I did was sleep. Even when I slept I felt as though I was moving in a car. I must say that Saint Louis literally made me a saint.

-Bhavana