Our 3-year-old niece is visiting from Yellowknife, and today was our day to take care of her. We went to the Toronto Zoo - the first time in many years for me. She enjoyed the jellyfish exhibit the most, followed by the gorillas. 'Bent and I were a lot more interested in the lions, tigers, rhinos and giraffes than she was. She was a lot more interested in the fencing, vehicles, coloured leaves (uncommon in Y-Knife), and painted symbols on the pathways than we were. A hike around Palgrave would probably have been just as exciting for her, but this option was more entertaining for us! Given our inexperience with the younger set, things went surprisingly well.
As you can see, if 'Bent logs any running for today, it's perfectly legitimate. One of our tricks for keeping up the pace between exhibits was to stage races between 'Bent with toddler on shoulders vs. Bash pushing stroller.