San Diego Zoo

Zoos are nothing new to us since we are members at our zoo and go "at least" once a month! However, nothing had prepared me for how large and extensive the San Diego zoo just is. Wow! We ended up taking a busride around it because there was no way we could see everything we wanted to. Then, if there was something that interested us, we were able to walk back to that area and check it out more. Some of our favorites included the koala bears. Who can resist such cute animals! The elephant exhibit is pretty amazing by itself! I could go on, but all in all, it was definitely worth the time.

In addition to the zoo, we were blessed to be able to spend lunch with Kurt's college roommate and his new wife. They came and met us outside the zoo and took us to a nice restaurant within walking distance. It was great to meet them and get to know them. Since they don't have kids yet, they were troopers putting up with ours, but I think all in all it was a good time. That evening, we were also blessed to be able to eat out with my grad school roommate and her husband. The kids were pretty fried by the evening, so I think Alison and Josh got the worst deal out of it. However, they are expecting their first child in December, so they were very gracious and understanding of the whole situation. It was so nice to see familiar faces in an unfamiliar city and enjoy some fellowship with friends.

Here are some pictures from the zoo.

Here was Silas on our bus trip.
Daddy and Silas in front of the koala exhibit.

The hippo was one of our favorites also.
Silas being goofy!

The elephant exhibit.
Yes, they even have elevators so you can get up to the higher exhibits. It was incredible!

It is still hard for me to believe that we have to go to a petting zoo to enjoy animals I grew up with, but Silas had a great time.