Jill's Journal: It’s an elephant pedicure! Seriously.
For nearly a century, the San Diego Zoo has enthralled visitors to Southern California with a stunning array of wildlife. Consistently ranked at the very top of zoos in the U.S., the San Diego Zoo covers 100 acres and boasts over 4,000 animals of over 800 species. It’s also one of the most progressive zoos in the world, having pioneered such innovations as cageless exhibits. It is also one of only four U.S. zoos approved to loan giant pandas from China and has a successful panda breeding program (all surviving baby pandas must eventually be sent back to China).
April and Cat joined the girls and me yesterday for an absolutely wonderful day at the Zoo. And actually, they didn’t just join us…April has annual passes to the Zoo and had free tickets for all four of us! That was an amazing and fantastic treat and surprise; needless to say, we bought lunch. We were there from opening until closing, making it a long day, but we had such a great time together.
I’m convinced April missed her calling and should ditch her travel career for a new life as a zookeeper. Now I love animals and our girls love animals, but April brings a love of wild animals to a whole ‘nother level. To the average person (me included!), a dozen different types of antelope all start to look alike. The same goes for bears that are black. Not to April. She could rattle off the names and many specifics of each species we passed without batting an eye. It was impressive, to say the least.
Our girls absolutely love Cat. My only complaint is that there’s only one of her. My girls displayed plenty of good, old-fashioned sibling rivalry as they all wanted her attention. Cat never has to doubt her popularity as long as these sisters are around!
Humorously, one of the highlights for all four of the little girls was baby ducks. Giant pandas, elephants, giraffes, meerkats, tapirs? Nah. Baby ducks. April and I got a good laugh out of that.
Exquisite animals, beautiful weather, fantastic company. It doesn’t get much better than that.
3 comments:
You got some GREAT pictures! What kind of camera are you using again??
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE that place. Can't wait to take Liz there someday!
Glad you all had fun!
And as great as your pictures are, the one of the giraffes just don't do them justice. The adult male was about 17 feet tall! Amazing.
Oh, and Cat and I had a lovely time as well. Just can't beat the company. :o)
Ditto, April. The company was the best part. :) You are so right about the giraffes. That male was absolutely stunning. Looking forward to our next adventure together!
Gretchen, I sure thought of you while we were there -- I know how much you loved it. I think a trip with Liz is a need. :) Oh, my camera is just a little baby Canon, slightly bigger than pocket sized. I would LOVE a big, fancy camera again, but I can't imagine hauling it around every day. This'll do for now. Thanks for the photo compliments! Good subjects!
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