Annabelle and I visited Orme Park, across the street from our AirBnB in Virginia Highlands neighborhood of Atlanta. It looked better online than it did in person. The playground itself is nice, but it seems to have become a graveyard for discarded, broken toys. We saw a 3-legged water table with 1 missing leg, a tricycle missing a wheel, and no roller coaster for the roller coaster. The only thing Annabelle cared to play with was the swings of course.
We spent the majority of the afternoon strolling through Zoo Atlanta with Kristen. Unfortunately, it was a cold day and many of the animals were moved indoors off-exhibit. We missed the main attractions: giraffes, elephants, zebras, gorillas, other primates, etc. However, we did find new animals we haven’t seen before that are self-described: raccoon dog and naked mole rats. We also saw a binturon which looked like a fluffier dog with a narrow face. They also had 4 pandas: mom, dad and twin girls. Fun fact: the only twin pandas that survive are in captivity. Mom pandas will abandon one of the twins after birth in the wild, so in captivity, they trick the mom into thinking she’s only caring for one baby.
The train was also closed, but the carousel was open. Annabelle and Kristen rode on matching cheetahs, and were the only ones on the ride. There was an interesting rope course as well, but that was closed as well. I doubt Annabelle would’ve been old enough to go on it anyways, but she would’ve loved watching someone do it.