Friday, July 28, 2023

23-07-28 New directions to Bronx Zoo

 

  1. Type this into google maps: Bronx Zoo Entrance
  2. It will show you some entrances
  3. We usually map out our trip to West Farms Square E. Tremont Avenue which is the Asia Gate
  4. Today we are going to budgie landing which is near butterfly garden and bug carousel
  5. So choose entrance A for Asia Gate
It's about a ten minute walk from the E. Tremont Avenue stop to the Asia Gate, which is Entrance A.

For Budgie Landing, we got there by 1, which is good because the budgies were already getting full and tired. 
It's hot in the budgie tent. 

After the Budgies, we went to the Butterfly Garden. They said they recently got a few dozen monarchs but most didn't survive. They think they were damaged in teh shipping.

We saw about a fourth of the zoo, mostly the southwest corner.

Walking the new East Midtown Greenway

  We were already in the city, on 5th avenue and 20th.  So we took the 6 train to 59th street and walked east and south to get to 54th stree...