One of my favorite places to go when in Buffalo, NY, is the Buffalo Zoo.
If my kids get bored, I pack them up in the car and take them to the zoo for the afternoon. We pack a picnic lunch and sit outside the monkey cage, eating. The last time we were there, they had two baby polar bears. They were the cutest little things I had ever seen, but my daughter was worried about them. She told me she learned in school that polar bears need cold weather, and she wondered if they could keep the temperature in their cage cold enough. It got plenty cold in Buffalo, NY during the winter, but it also got warmer in the summer. I told her I was sure they had adequate air conditioning in their enclosure. She must have thought I was talking about air conditioning like we had in the summer, in our house. I assured her it was a different type of air conditioning. It was amazing what they could do when cooling sizable areas. I pointed out the ice in the enclosure, and how they were swimming around the large pieces that looked like small glaciers. Her eyes misted when she saw the mama polar bear come over to the cubs. She told me the Buffalo Zoo was the most amazing place in the world when they could create an enclosure for baby polar bears. On our way home, all she talked about was the baby polar bears. She asked if we could get our pool cool enough for one to swim in, and I told her no. It wasn’t cold enough in Buffalo, NY for polar bears, even if they were in a pool.