Anyone would have told me about getting excited to visit a zoo.
I would have dismissed them.
I did not hate animals, but they also didn’t excite me that much. I knew they existed in the same space that I lived in, and that was all there was to it. However, a family trip to the Denver zoo changed my mind. I was already in college, and I only agreed to come on this trip because I wanted to visit a cannabis dispensary to buy a few products for later. My friend from Denver had told me that cannabis was legal in her home place as long as one was of age. My parents did not know what I had planned as I wanted to excuse myself to make the private trip alone once we were settled at the hotel. However, my dad insisted that this was a family trip and everyone was supposed to be present. What started as a dull morning after that little argument with my old folks slowly turned into a perfect day once we arrived at the zoo. It turns out that I had a soft spot for animals, but it was unexplored. I immediately fell in love with the animals after a close-up look at the lions. They seemed so perfect that I wanted to get closer, only that it was not allowed. I ended up taking lots of photos and didn’t even realize as time went by. It was not anything I had imagined. There were lots of young tourists like myself around, and the zoo was fun. I did a little digging and discovered that this zoo was one of the most popular tourist spots in the whole of Denver. I could not believe that I almost missed out on such an opportunity.