Red River Zoo, Fargo, ND—nice!
Jun 21st, 2010 by Elsi
After our night of hail, it was good to see plain gray skies this morning! And the sun did come out later, with a breeze so it wasn’t too muggy.
I drove into Fargo and found the zoo from the directions the KOA people gave me. It’s a nice zoo! You’re greeted at the entrance by a tigalo (a buffalo statue painted like a tiger). And such friendly people at the desk, answering my questions about the tigalo (on entering) and the tanuki (on leaving), and giving me directions for the next leg of my journey.
From there, I happily wandered …
past the wolf area, with three creamy white and one dark wolf wandering happily in the grass, and arguing among themselves—the dark one apparently at the bottom of the issue …
past the bald eagle, solitary and majestic on his tree … and the duck family, little downy ducklings swimming frantically to keep up with their mother …
a pair of tanuki (/tan OO kee/), which are “raccoon dogs” from Siberia—there are only seven total in the US …
an aardvark, happily asleep on his back, feet curled in the air a la Dolphin …
and the carousel, nicely maintained, all horses … such fun!
cantering smoothly
over the hills
across the fields
up, girl, up!
flying, soaring
through the forest
past the oceans
into my dreams
gripping with my knees
swaying to her rhythm
my beautiful golden mare
running in peace
then the music stops
the carousel slows
time to leave