I-Zoolights ibe yindlela yesiTacoma iminyaka eminingi futhi iyaqhubeka ibe yinye yezibonisi eziphezulu zokukhanya kukaKhisimusi esifundeni. Futhi ngesizathu esihle! Izizathu ze-Point Defiance Zoo ne-Aquarium zitholakale ezingaphezu kwezigidigidi eziyisihlanu ezikhanyayo, ezikhanyayo ezikhanyisa izingane ezincane kanye nezivakashi ezindala ngokufanayo. Ukuqala ngemuva kokubonga i-Thanksgiving nokuqhubeka kuze kube ngemva koNyaka Omusha, i-Zoolights iwukuthi ukubheja okuqinisekisiwe kuze kube yilapho iholide lakho.
Usengakwazi ukuhlola i-zoo ngosuku, futhi, futhi ungathengisa ithikithi le-combo elifaka usuku lokungena kwi-zoo nokufakwa ubusuku kuma-Zoolights.
Kulo lonke i-South Sound, liphonsa phakathi kwe-Zoolights ne- Fantasy Lights ku-Spanaway ngokuthi yikuphi okungcono kakhulu, kodwa i-Zoolights inenzuzo yezizathu ezimbalwa. Enye yezinzuzo eziphezulu ukuthi ungenza isipiliyoni sakho sihlale isikhathi eside njengoba ungathanda ku-Zoolights, ngenkathi ku-Fantasy Lights uthola idrayivu eyodwa ngezindleko zokungena futhi yilokho. E-Zoolights, uthengela ushokoledi oshisayo bese ugijima emigwaqweni kanye, kabili noma ngaphezulu. Khetha i-adventure yakho.
Yiqiniso, ama-Zoolights angaphandle ngenkathi ama-Fantasy Lights egcina wena emotweni yakho, ngakho qiniseka ukugqoka izingubo ezifudumele, ezingenawo amanzi njengobusika eNyakatho-ntshonalanga ngokuvamile kuvamile. Ungathola imvula, kuye ngokuthi kusihlwa, kodwa ezinye izakhiwo zihlale zivulekile ukuze ungene ngaphakathi endlini bese uphuma esimweni sezulu uma udinga.
Uma imvula kungeyona nje into oyenayo engqondweni, amathikithi angaphambilini angcono kunoma yibuphi ubusuku, ngakho uma uthola imvula, ungakhetha ukuhamba ubusuku obunye.
Izinto Okuzozibona Nokwenza
Ingxenye engcono kunazo zonke ze-Zoolights ihlola izibani-zihambela futhi zibuke izibonisi zokukhanya ezikhazimulayo ezibunjwa zezilwane nezigcawu ezivela emvelweni.
Izihlahla kanye nezihlahla ezihamba emigwaqeni yokuhamba nazo zikhanyiswa. Unyaka ngamunye, ukubonisa okuningi kubuya eminyakeni edlule, kodwa ngokuvamile kunento ethile (noma ukuhleleka!) Okusha ukuze ubone futhi.
Isihlahla somlilo siyisinye sezibonakaliso eziphindaphindiwe kakhulu zokuphindaphinda-umuthi omkhulu ongenazo izibani zepinki. Abanye ababuyela ngonyaka ngamunye bafaka amabhuloho omfushane, i-octopus enkulu, amabhere we-polar nomhlambi we-elk. Izibonisi eziningana nazo "zifakiwe" futhi izingxenye ezihlukene zesithombe zikhanya ngezikhathi ezehlukene ukuze zenze ukungahambi kahle-uzobona u-ukhozi uphawula phansi ukuze ubambe inhlanzi, ama-parrot noma izinkawu ezigwedla phezulu, noma izinkukhu zigijima ehlathini.
Umkhathi ungaphezu kwe-surreal futhi unomlingo futhi uqinisekile ukuthi uzoba nezingane, kodwa ngokuvamile uvame kakhulu kubantu abadala-ukuhamba nge-Zoolights kuwumqondo omuhle wusuku lwesikhathi.
Kunezinye izinto ezimbalwa okumelwe uzenze ku-Zoolights ngaphandle kokujabulela izibani, kuhlanganise nokugibela ikamela. Ukugibela akukona isikhathi eside noma kuyinkimbinkimbi, kodwa kungathokozisa izingane ezincane. I-carousel ye-antique iphinde isendaweni futhi ihlinzeka ukugibela ngesikhathi se-Zoolights. Kukhona i-cafe eduze ne-zoo yokungena lapho ungathenga khona ushokoledi oshisayo, ikhofi kanye nezinye ukudla okulula.
Eziningi ze-Zoolights ziyize ngaphandle, kodwa izindawo ezimbalwa zasendlini zihlala zivulekile, kufaka phakathi (ngaphandle uma kukhona umcimbi okhethekile) isakhiwo samanzi, okuyindawo enhle yokufudumala.
Eziningi zezilwane zilele ngesikhathi iZoolights iqala, kodwa abambalwa bahlala bephapheme, ikakhulukazi ama-meerkats, nawo akhona endaweni ehlanganisiwe.
Ukupaka kanye nezixuku
Kukhona ukupaka okuphelele nokukhululekile phakathi kwe-Point Defiance. I-zoo inezindawo zokupaka zayo futhi uzodlula ukupaka okunye endleleni yakho. Uma ufika ekuqaleni kwenkathi, cishe uzokwazi ukupaka eduze kwesango lokungena. Noma kunjalo, ubusuku obunye bungaba lukhulu kakhulu futhi inkatho ingakwazi futhi igcwalise. Uma izitolo ze-zoo zigcwala, uzoqondiswa ekupakheni okusizayo e-Owen Beach, Fort Nisqually noma kwabanye. Kukhona ama-shuttles okukuthatha phakathi kwezinkampani ezisizayo kanye nomnyango wokungena ogijima njalo kusihlwa.
Ama-Zoolights ahlala evulekile kuze kube ngemva kukaKhisimusi, kodwa ungalindeli izinsuku emva kokuba uKhisimusi ephansi kwezixuku.
Ngokuphambene nalokho! Lezi zinsuku zingaba matasa kakhulu njengoba wonke umuntu ongazange ahambe ngaphambi kukaKhisimusi uzama ukuhlola lokhu kuhlu lwazo ngaphambi kokuba ivaliwe!
Ukungena
Kukhona imali yokungena ukuze ungene. Izindleko zithengi kumalungu e-zoo noma uma uthenga kusengaphambili kwi-zoo, iwebhusayithi ye-zoo noma kubathengisi bendawo abathintekayo njengoFred Meyer. Izingane ezineminyaka engu-2 nangaphansi zikhululekile. Amathikithi amaningi we-combo ayatholakala, uma unesithakazelo sokuya e-zoo ngosuku.
Indawo
I-Zoolights ye-Tacoma itholakala ngezizathu ze-Point Defiance Zoo e-Point Defiance-ipaki enkulu esiqhingini saseNyakatho Tacoma. I-Point Defiance itholakala ku-5400 N Pearl Street.