We went to the zoo, zoo, zoo...how about you, you, you?

Rae and I have been to zoos in Portland, San Diego, Asheville, Southern Oregon and Harlingen.  When Ed and I had a day to ourselves with her, we decided to try out the Quito Zoo.  Reid was away at a Volleyball tournament in Guayaquil, and we had a car for two days.  So off we went Saturday morning on an adventure.  I'll try not to bore you too much with all the animals...just a few of our favorite "native to South America" species.

This cute monkey guy greeted us when we strolled down the path.

And then we saw two Galapagos Tortoises playing leap frog slow motion style.

An Andean Bear checked us out while we checked him out.

Our absolute favorite of all the animals was this gorgeous jaguar.

A great surprise was a hike with information about the local plant species...ya know Ed LOVED it!!

Gotta love the ears...better to hear me telling him to get to the closest empanada stand!!

So cute, but not cuddly...

Thinking of you Millie...

Ed's new best friend who might be a distant relative...Ed aka Mr. Ed (Don't tell him I said that...)

Some skinny, teenager cows begging for some carrots!

Does he look slightly familiar?  Hogwarts...Harry Potter...?

And to finish our trip and post, the back side of the most famous and endangered vulture...the Andean condor.  Beautiful for the vulture variety (:

Okay, I lied...I may have bored you with all the animals.  I hope your week is full of life's small and big adventures.  We'll be back this weekend with more fun.

TEAM MILLIS

NO EXCUSES!

Our school's outdoor basketball/volleyball court is protected not only from the elements but most importantly from the equatorial, high altitude sun.

It seems all tennis courts are painted my favorite colors.  Great sky on this overcast day...much different than last week's smoke-filled sky.

Reid's favorite spot at school is the soccer field where he goes for recess and weekend practice sessions.

This is Ed's view from his office.  You can also see the pool off to the upper left corner.

The floors were just redone this summer.  PRETTTTYYYY!!  We have enjoyed watching Reid's volleyball games here and look forward to some baskeeetballll this winter.

Okay, Ed Sr., here is the shot you've been looking for...unfortunately the cover was on when we remembered to bring the camera.  We feel quite lucky to have such a wonderful facility so close to our house.

So as I said in the title, NO EXCUSES, Team Millis will be one fit, well-conditioned family when you see us next time.

Hope you can have "NO EXCUSES!" too,

TEAM MILLIS