No. It’s like being in love with her, I never fell out of love with her, and I’ve been there with her for over 45 years. I think our dream was, one of our dreams, was that we would have been there till we passed. It’s a legacy that we… Read More
You loved it?… Read More
No, never. Read More
After a number of years at The Zoo, that you had built, did the glamor wear off ever or not?… Read More
But I bought him one that says, Pat Quinn The Zoo. So he’s in concrete, we’re both in concrete in front of the Little Theater. But we do that because we wanna help Eric. He keeps brochures in his car, everywhere we go, if we go out to dinner, whatever… Read More
And we do that always and we do it in honor of the zoo. We do that for the symphony, we do things. If they’ll add in honor of The Zoo to keep that name out there all the time. In our local theater, Pensacola Little Theater, the cultural center,… Read More
I did everywhere I went. I still do. When I go somewhere, I talk about the zoo. I don’t care where. He still has a zoo truck. He has The Zoo on both sides of his truck and everywhere we go, we just went to… Every year, we’re sponsors for… Read More
So you were doing a little marketing?… Read More
I’m glad you’re here, where are you from?… Read More
They’re now very successful in the community. I’d go out to the zoo to talk to people, I’d walk up to a couple and I’s say, “Where are you all from?” And they backed off. I said, “Oh, I’m sorry, where are you from?” I said, “I’m not going ask,… Read More
That’s something I’ve learned by doing. And the other thing Pat always did too, is he was, like I said, he was always out in the community. So the entire community of Pensacola, Fort Walton, they all just associate Pat Quinn, The Zoo. But what he did was also on… Read More
Yes, it is very important. Tell me why. Well, you go around and you see faucets leaking water, and you wonder why the water bill’s high, faucets with hose got leaks in it. And they keepers don’t care, they just wrap it up and forget about it. But you can… Read More
Is that important?… Read More
Yes, absolutely. Read More
Let me ask a question, did you make rounds of your zoo?… Read More
What were some of your daily responsibilities?… Read More
Now, as director of the zoo and you had employees, can you take me through what would be a “normal day” for you?… Read More
We did. We did. The zoo did, we did. We bought their insurance too, we paid for their insurance. Read More
The Renfroes, who paid for that?… Read More
Copyright, that’s what I’m thinking, we had to have copyright. And the winner did not take the trip but gave it to the Renfroes. The Renfroes own Renfroe Pecan Company and Jake and little Renfroe were the people that went to Africa with us. So every year at the Christmas… Read More