SD Zoo (san diego - part 2)

(this post took a long time to complete... stupid time warner cable makes uploading pictures ridiculously difficult.)

the second day of our San Diego adventure, we enjoyed a wonderful day at the zoo. My parents were in san diego too, so they joined in on the fun.

the weather was beautiful, then raining, then beautiful, then raining again.

here's a Rafiki monkey!

the polar bears here were much more social than the ones at sea world.

lions! gggrrrrrrrrrrrr!

SLOTH!! (the girls at work have a think with sloths...)

this guy was all cute and shy.

it was "kualapalooza" while we were there. it didn't seem like much of a "palooza"... all the kualas were asleep!

awwwwwww!! meow meow!

this big guy came right up to the glass!! two inches from my face, too bad i couldn't get the camera out fast enough!!

thank goodness for umbrellas!

After the zoo, we rested and dried out at the hotel. then we went to dinner... "Mexican food from Sombrero's, just because..."

sea world (san diego - part 1)

Gabe and I had a great vacation to San Diego over President's Day Weekend. We went down on Thursday night and stayed until Monday morning. For Christmas, Gabe got us each a 3-for-1 pass that got us into Sea World, San Diego Zoo, and the Wild Animal Park.

We went to Sea World first. It was a beautiful morning full of sunshine. We didn't bring any umbrellas to the park because it was so nice outside.

During Shamu, it started clouding up...

After Shamu, we visited the dolphin pool. The dolphins were swimming and playing. I tried trying and trying to get the dolphins to come over by us so i could pet one, but I was unsuccessful. Gabe did get to pick one... he pet the dolphin's fin! (sorry, no pictures of this fun experience)...

It started sprinkling during our dolphin visit. We didn't mind very much. We went from the dolphins to the sea lions. We fed the sea lions! That was pretty cool - there was one guy that was jumping up and catching the fish in his mouth.

After petting a bat ray (totally strange feeling), we visited the shark encounter.

look at those teeth!!

Gabe set off the alarm by trying to touch the teeth!

Then we watched the sea lion show...

After the sea lion show, we headed to the tide pools and aquariums. En route, it started POURING. We were so drenched - and poor Gabe didn't even bring a jacket. Luckily, the aquariums offered a nice warm, dry place.

Cow-a-bunga!

After the aquariums and the tide pools, we visited the penguins, polar bears, and beluga whales. When we got out of the exhibit, the down pour started again. As we walked to the car, we got so soaked. It was like we had jumped into a pool with our clothes on.

Despite the rain, we had a wonderful visit to sea world.

Stay tuned for further reports on our adventures in San Diego!