Lions, Tigers and Bears....Oh, my!!!

We had a great trip from Elysburg to New Stanton, PA near Pittsburgh on Wednesday.  On Thursday we drove with all the McCurdy's to the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium.  We had a great day visiting all the exhibits and watching the Sea Lion show.  The zoo is quite hilly and the layout is in a circle.  I guess you are supposed to start at the gate and go around clockwise.  Our gang, however, had specific goals in mind as "first on the list" so our trip was a little haphazard and we covered a lot of ground a couple times, including a hike to the parking lot for lunch in the van.  We had a great day and enjoyed seeing all the wonderful animals.  It was a fairly hot day, so a stop for ice cream on the way home tasted really good...and we were off to the pool when we got back to the campground.  Dinner was followed by a campfire and S'mores and a surprise visit by some of our old Bounder buddies.  On Friday we met some more Bounder buddies for lunch and then had a family birthday dinner at Dino's in Greensburg...where our friends had told us they serve the best "wings" in Pennsylvania...and they were quite tasty!   Saturday we go our separate ways and will miss and remember or visit in Pennsylvania!