As part of Try Transit Month, Tacoma’s Downtown On the Go (DOTG) hosted a transit-powered zoo adventure on Oct 19, 2013. After meeting at the historic Wright Park in downtown Tacoma, participants were provided with free ORCA cards and guidance on reading bus maps and schedules. Then the seven families (including children from 5 months to 10 years old) piled on the Pierce Transit #11 bus.
Arriving at Point Defiance Park, the group walked to the Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium entrance, passing cars overflowing from the zoo’s lots. DOTG’s bus riding event coincided with “Zoo Boo,” a Halloween-themed event hosted by the zoo. Lots of kids in costume and special pumpkin-themed treats for the animals made the day a memorable and photogenic one.
As the popularity of Zoo Boo filled the parking lots (and then some), the bus riders were happy to miss out on parking. After getting their fill of tigers, elephants, meerkats, sharks, and red wolves, some participants elected to take the return bus with DOTG, while others had become familiar enough with the bus through the event to make the return trip on their own.
We can’t wait to do this again next year!
P.S. – You can find more photos of DOTG’s Tacoma Bus Adventures (including Wednesday’s Try Transit Month bus pub crawl), here.
