Our class went to the Stone Zoo on a Wednesday morning. We got a free school ticket to cover our entry. We did it online before we got there, and when we got there was no line. You just have to apply 2 weeks early online for a free school ticket, and then you can either print it out or show it on your phone. We got there around 9:30 am, and the whole parking lot was open and there weren't many people inside the zoo at all. It was very accessible for our friends in wheelchairs. But it was a little bit hilly, so for people in manual chairs you have to work hard to push them. Because it was becoming winter time, some of the creatures were away for the cold season. Such as the butterflies, the road runner and some of the reptiles. There still felt like a lot to see though. The customer service was really good at the zoo. We had a zoo employee tell us all about the monkeys. The zoo was very clean, not a lot of trash around. Our favorite parts were the monkeys, the big cats (they came right up to the glass to see us) like the snow leopard and the wolves, and the flamingos. The reptiles were cool, there were many types of frogs. We thought it was really interesting that they had a monkey at the zoo that only had one arm. It was cool to see the way it still moved around so well.

Overall, we felt this trip was both fun, educational, accessible and nature friendly.