Big Fun!

This photograph was taken many years ago when I was living in Colorado. The location is a tiny zoo in the mountains called Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Upon googling it, I just discovered that it was named #4 Best Zoo in North America by USA TODAY. Who knew?!? I just happened upon it while out for a drive one afternoon.

It was getting late, near closing time, and there were two baby elephants splashing and playing in their pool. Their keepers were trying to get all the elephants into their huge barn for the evening, but the babies were not through playing and had no intention of cooperating right away. They would get one elephant into the barn, and while trying to get the second one in the first would run back out. They were having the time of their lives running from the barn to the pool and back, splashing each other all the while.

This photo was taken during a brief moment when one of the elephants took a time out long enough to prop his head on the side of the pool and gaze at me. Although he may be interpreted to look sad in the photo, he was anything but. This was a look of exhausted joy!