Well my parents, we would go to Forest Park in winter and go sleigh riding and then we’d get cold. We’d go in the buildings to warm up. The zoo was nearby. We’d go into the reptile house or the monkey house or the bird house. It was heated. Sometimes we went to the art museum but my favorite was the reptile house and I was just fascinated with the snakes. But also while I was growing up on the Bluffs, I would sometimes catch frogs and toads and snakes and take ’em to the zoo or take ’em on the bus which was about a 45 minute bus ride. Take ’em to the zoo and bring ’em to the reptile house.
