Reptile Zoo

Are you aware that such a creature exists?

Steve and I are.

All thanks to The Reptile Zoo in Monroe!

I actually think the proper name for it is the Serpentarium, get it right.

Jeeze.

The night before The Reptile Zoo, I was googling things to do in Snohomish County with Kids on the cheap. It was a long Google entry, but thankfully Google never lets anyone down, a point which I will further touch upon, in a few short paragraphs.

Anyways, I Googled and The Reptile Zoo came up, its only 5 bucks for kids and 6 for adults and you can stay and hang out and hold snakes. It was well worth the drive and the 11 dollars.

Upon arriving, I sat in the front seat if my car for a second and took off my coat because I had read in the reviews that it was super hot inside, and it was.

Steve went out my door because he thinks its the cool door, and it is.

So, I pushed Steve out the door and yelled, "Run!"

It was raining pretty hard and I had taken off my jacket.

All these details are important, I promise.

Anyways, we go inside and I am immediately taken aback by the smell.

It was overwhelming.

Like, pee and poo and ammonia.

Steve was pretty overwhelmed because he started gagging and looked up at me said

"Oh Mommy, whats that smell!"

We paid and sort of got used to the smell, but not really.

They had all sorts of weird things, including this guy.

I guess he isn't weird but he was huge.

Easily the biggest tortoise I have ever seen, his shell was the size of a small car.

Ok, it wasn't that big, maybe a small car tire.

There was a snapping turtle, an alligator, an albino alligator, a black adder, a huge yellow snake, an anaconda and tons of other weird, smelly, interesting things.

I love bugs and snakes.

Seriously, when I find a huge grasshopper or caterpillar or dragonfly, I turn into an 8 year old boy.

I must check it out and catch it and play with it.

So, when I found out you could hold a snake, I pushed Steve right over and sat him down.

Oh were holding it.

Awesome!

What a little snake charmer.

I have no idea what kind of snake it was but I was

thrilled that Steve wanted to hold it.

He sat for a little while and whispered to it and it got in his face and he giggled.

It was really cool, just as we were really getting to know Mr. Snake here, we were rudely interrupted.

"Excuse me Ma'am, but do you see here? Your card was declined."

Well, that's just fantastic.

So, we put the snake back and stopped charming things.

The card that I had, the only one I had and no cash,

 was being declined, for whatever reason.

We were kicked out of the Reptile Museum.

It was raining and cold and as I dug through my purse I slowly came to the realization that I had put my keys in my jacket pocket, which I had left in the car.

So, I was in Monroe with no money and no car.

Whats a girl to do?

I Googled.

I found a locksmith for a reasonable price and he could come and get my car unlocked in 10 minutes and he could call my husband and use his card.

Thanks Google and locksmith guy!

55 bucks and several frozen limbs later we were back in the safety and warmth of our car, headed for home and full of super reptilian facts.

It was an interesting day, to say the least.

Cheers.