Scoot to the Old LA Zoo

What a lovely day for a scooter adventure! A couple weekends ago we decided to scoot around until we found something interesting.

We rode our scooters up into Griffith Park when we came across a sign that said "Old LA Zoo" We have idea what it was. So we decided to pull over and see what it was all about. (for this video, I tied my camera to my chest. It's pretty bumpy so I think I might get a camera specifically for scooter riding.)

The Scoots hanging out in a dirt parking lot.

At first it just looked like the place had been turned into a nice picnic/park area.

We walked further up the hill to what looks like old Animal habitats.

It turns out something AWESOME is there. They're old animal zoo habitats that have been turned into picnic areas.

Stylized rock work.

Most of the habitats had maintenance tunnels in them that were blocked with gates.

We found one that had been broken. Time to explore.

Up the stairs.

It makes me think of a movie set.

In side were the Animal containment areas. There were big doors for people to walk through and small doors for the animals to get through. These were used to move and separate the animals before they go to the main show area.

The human doors were all jammed shut, so you have to crawl through the animal ones.

Luckily at the top the fence was broken so we could get out.

Rusted pulley system to move the large doors to let the animals in and out.

Outside again the dirt road lead to another cage set, this was hopefully for much smaller animals.

This sign explains why the old zoo is still open. Mostly as a reminder as to how far zoological sciences have come.