Woodland Park Zoo Parking Needs A Backup

Woodland Park Zoo is close enough that it looks like an easy Seattle outing. The trap is pretending the parking plan ends at “drive there.”

My checklist now:

• Check the zoo lot first, but do not circle it twice.
• If it is full, bail to street parking north of the zoo instead of improvising in traffic.
• Pack the stroller like the walk from the car is part of the visit, not a failure case.
• Put the return route in the phone before going inside. Tired exits are bad at navigation.

This is the difference between a nice animal morning and twenty minutes of everyone getting annoyed before the first penguin.