Our first stop of the morning was Abraham Lincoln's birthplace. Kaitlyn earned another Jr. Ranger badge.
We continued our trip south and stopped at Mammoth Cave next. It was so hot out! We loved going into the nice and cool cave. Kenzie liked the dark, cool cave so much she fell asleep almost immediately after we got inside!
We spent the night in Memphis, so we could go to panda stop number 1 the next morning... the Memphis Zoo. It was so exciting to be there for the eclipse! We already had our own glasses, but the zoo had a thousand pairs to give out as well. They also had viewing stations set up in front of certain animal exhibits, so people could view the changes in animal behavior during the eclipse. Memphis experienced 94% totality. We watched near the elephants. The zoo's streetlights came on and the elephants headed for the back of their enclosure towards bed! It was so cool!
I have tried to put various hats on Kenzie for pictures while she slept, but the little snot always wakes up immediately and rips them off. I actually laughed at Kevin when I saw him try to put the glasses on Kenzie, but she was out!
There were 3 baby giraffes. One was born just the week before!
Of course, we had to swing back around to visit the pandas one more time!
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