Day at the zoo

Plan was to get up pretty early and be on the road to San Deigo to be at the zoo by 10 am.  Drive is a little over an hour.  Well, that didn't really happen.  It being Father's Day and all, I wasn't about to make the troops rally too early.  After a good breakfast, we made it there by 12:30.

obligatory entrance photo

The map to the place was a bit daunting and it appeared that we were only going to get through about half of it.  First up - the Koala's  - momma's favorite.

They don't actually sleep all day because they are stoned.

They sleep because it takes a lot of energy to digest the eucalyptus leaves.

We got to see two panda's eating.

Probably spent about half hour watching these guys.

There was a battle over some leaves to eat and the placement of the swinging ropes.

Between the black one and the orangutan, couldn't figure out who was the bigger instigator.

They have a huge elephant park and collection of snakes/reptiles.  Polar bears are still one of my favorites.  All in all a perfect day and we made it through the whole place just before closing time.

In the general area is a big collection of parks and museums.  Kind of like University Circle in Cleveland.

Monday was a pool day for the kids.  When I finally joined them, Amy was actually in the water.

Evening was a trip to Sno-on-the go - a place we had heard mentioned several times.  Who knew you could have a dessert place the only serves sno cones?

Our new favorite dessert place.

Sno-cones with ice cream in the middle!