Zoo Miami & Fruit And Spice Park

So in September Natalie found a deal for $5 zoo day. Couldn't pass that up. So we went down to the zoo in Miami with our neighbors. It was raining that morning and it didn't stop until 15 minutes after we got there. You would think the rain would cool it down right? Not. No, it was a hot and muggy day.

The first exhibit we saw was the tortoises. I was telling everyone how dirty those things are. How they like to put on a show (adult show) for people and they have no shame. Natalie shook her head at me thinking I'm crazy. Well a couple minutes later the crowds went running. You could hear kids screaming stuff like "Mommy, the big one is gonna hurt the little one". We got over there and of course, the tortoises are going at it. Adults were laughing, kids were traumatized. And these tortoises didn't put on a quick show like the monkeys do. No, they go at it for ten solid minutes. Of course you could only imagine the comments I heard from some women in the crowd.

After just a couple hours at the zoo we had enough. It was just too hot. So we went to a Peruvian restaurant and had some really good Lomo Saltado. Well, that's what I had at least so that's what matters.

Adri dangling her feet over the lion's cage.

He's gonna hurt her!

The noises they make are hilarious. Adri actually tried to copy it. Haha. At least she didn't know what was going on.

Miami heat

Hungry

Thirsty

Getting sleepy

And she's out

Yeah so I woke her up to see the Rhinos

Adri proving she is a Dominican baby by dancing at the Peruvian restaurant.

And after food we went to RobertIsHere for some fruit. Took Adri out back and took this picture of her on the tractor.

 

Our next Saturday trip was the Fruit And Spice Park. Rumor is fruit falls off the trees there and you're allowed to eat anything off the ground. I say rumor because when we were there no fruit was on the ground. So basically we went to look at fruit trees. It did give me the first chance ever to see Jack Fruit growing on trees and it gave Adri a chance to run around and get tired.  We just happened to find out when we got there that it was admission free day and they were also cutting up some fruit for sampling at a table so I got to eat a bunch of Jack Fruit for free.

My little monkey running through the bananas

These are called Jack fruits. They taste like Juicy Fruit gum. It's actually an ingredient in Juicy Fruit gum. It's suppose to taste like a mix of pineapple, mango, banana, and cantaloupe. It's one of my favorite fruits and the largest tree grown fruit in the world. The record is something like 300 pounds  but the average fruits range from 20-80 pounds depending on variety. Natalie got me one for my birthday, it's the Black Gold variety. Hopefully but summer 2013 I'll have a good Jack Fruit crop. They make the best milk shakes. Mix it up with some mango and it's the best shake I've ever had.

$40-$60 per fruit, how much money is growing on this tree?

That's a big Jack Fruit

Big Jack Fruit on a little tree. Just put some cinder blocks under it.

Adri loves to play airplane.