Aleksander & Milam: not many zoos have walruses but Point Defiance has them in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: walrus at Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: both Tacoma, here, and Seattle have sea otters in their collections.
Aleksander & Milam: guillemots at Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma. we've seen them in Puget Sound in the wild.
Aleksander & Milam: puffins in Tacoma at Point Defiance Zoo. we've seen them in the wild in theSalish Sea between US and Canada near us .
Aleksander & Milam: Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: we've been out on the nearby waters to see orcas, grey whales, porpoises, sea lions, seals, otters, and seabirds. the wild Olympic National Park coast is a good spot as are the islands of the Salish Sea, we've seen many in Seattle-Tacoma offshore, walking
Aleksander & Milam: sea otter in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: sea otter, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: real ! Mount Rainier National Park from Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: watched polar bears being fed, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: musk ox in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo
Aleksander & Milam: Seattle. we're so green here in the Evergreen State !
Aleksander & Milam: Seattle azaleas
Aleksander & Milam: monkey-puzzle tree in Seattle Arboretum
Aleksander & Milam: ringtail lemurs in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: meerkat in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: Mount Rainier from Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: desert gardens of Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: the glass menagerie, a sea otter in Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: Tacoma meerkat, Point Defiance Zoo
Aleksander & Milam: surveying Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains from Point Defiance Zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: more and more places in Washington are using compostible products; often we now compost more than we send to the landfill - and recycle by far the bulk. Tacoma Point Defiance Zoo.
Aleksander & Milam: Point Defiance Zoo's sustainable new administration-veterinary center, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: these are wild black-tailed deer we saw in Point Defiance Park near the zoo, Tacoma
Aleksander & Milam: Ann Welch " Coatimundi " 1994 Tacoma Art Museum
Aleksander & Milam: Flo Perkins 1987, Tacoma Art Museum
Aleksander & Milam: Tacoma Art Museum