…being married to Judy. She talks to people. She talks to people, and we end up in situations we’d otherwise never have been in.
One time, many years ago, even before Becky was born, we were at the Denver Zoo, and Judy struck up a conversation with the zookeeper at the big cat exhibit. Next thing, it was feeding time and we were invited behind the scenes to see how it all worked from back there. That was way cool. It was primitive. As sophisticated as the habitat looked from out front, this was meat being pushed through access holes and iron bars. A big cat pouncing from just above us on a ledge, from out of our line of sight, to right next to us. Very high startle factor.
I doubt such casual access would happen today. Way too many procedures and protocols to keep everyone safe. But what a neat thing to have happened then; getting to see how they moved all the animals around, and getting startled up close by a 500 pound Bengal Tiger. One of those moments in life that has stuck with us.
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