Thursday, May 7, 2009

San Diego Zoo

Saturday we went to the San Diego Zoo which I had always heard good things about so I figured it would be fun to check out. We first went on a guided bus tour to get a good overview of the zoo, it’s huge! We saw some animals from the bus. Then we had a picnic lunch and walked around and saw more animals. We wanted to go on the skytram ride but it broke down and didn’t work for the rest of the day. We saw the polar bear, the panda(it spends 95% of it’s time sleeping) Alligator Fighting Rhino's my favorite is the giraffes there was a baby that was only 2 weeks old, it was so cute. They said they only sleep 30 minutes per day in 2 minute intervals. The kids were still tired from an exhausting day at Sea World so they were a little whiny about all the walking but we still had a good time.
After the zoo we met up with Brett’s brother Tim and his girlfriend Erin who live here in La Jolla. They took us to a restaurant in downtown La Jolla which was good but very expensive. Then we enjoyed a nice walk along the beach and saw all the seals down on the beach and watched them for a little while. It’s very cool down by the ocean compared with inland and we all had jackets on. I enjoy looking at the ocean and enjoying the beauty.

Sunday we packed up to head home. We drove across the Coronado bridge and saw the Hotel del Coronado and drove down the silver strand (a big sandbar) down to imperial beach and then headed back up to La Jolla and saw the San Diego Temple. It is the most beautiful temple! You are just driving along the highway and come up over a hill and then you see it Wow! We walked around and took some pictures. We got some lunch at Wendy’s and then hit the road for the long boring drive home. We got home around 8:30 and got the kids to bed and now we are back to the grind! It was a fun weekend away. Brett really enjoys the beautiful weather and is trying to convince me to move somewhere else besides ugly deserty and hot AZ.

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