Easter landed on a beautiful spring weekend which reached a high of 21 degrees! Knowing the temps were likely to dip into the single digits again the following week, we packed a picnic lunch and headed outside to the Edmonton Valley Zoo to make the most of the sunshine.

There were plenty of opportunities to learn about animals from interactive displays to live talks by zoo keepers.

The kids loved exploring the giant nature play area where they could pretend to be beavers climbing over a log structure and mountain goats climbing and navigating a huge rock, maze-like construction.

We saw our first Canadian lynx and porcupine. Did you know that porcupines climb trees? I think I was expecting them to be like the Australian Echidna.

For more info on the Edmonton Valley Zoo:

https://www.edmonton.ca/attractions_events/edmonton-valley-zoo.aspx

Thanks for checking in!

Elyse