Zoo Time

After we all slept in the next morning (that doesn't mean til noon but 9!) we got up had a shower cause it was already getting hot in the trailer, packed it up and started headed out.  The kids were suprised to see just how different the strip looked during the day - just like a normal building but bigger! - than at night with all the flashing neon.  In fact, some buildings are starting to look a little run down almost.  Amazing how much a little bling can change things!

We head out from out site and left the lights of Vegas for San Diego.  So close it seemed but drive felt like it took forever.  The heat of the desert made us all cranky..  I was amazed to see that in the US the gas stations are not just on the sides of the highway.  You actually have to pull in and make an effort to find them. Not that it was an issue because we had our GPS (Gary) with us but I was surprised to see that.

We finally pulled into the San Diego KOA at 9 PM... with the pool closing at 10 I have never seen the trailer being unhitched, ready to go and kids in the pool so fast as that night.  Hunger forgotten, the pool was more important for sure!

The next more was our grand adventure at the San Diego Zoo.  We had purchased the San Diego Go Card from Costco giving us unlimited access to everything in the area for 3 days and it was a great deal.  Would highly recommend the deal for anyone coming to the area if you are planning on doing the big 3 attractions.  We didn't realize though we needed to go the Harbour area to claim it first.  It worked out OK because we got to see that area first which was also pretty amazing!  A tribute to Bob Hope and the Military, the First Kiss statue by the Waterfront. 

 

We finally made it to the zoo around 11.  The kids and I were so excited.  We have heard so much about this zoo and now we were here!

 



Our first stop was the aerial tram - basically a gondola ride to the other side of the zoo but how cool?  We had fun!  We went and saw the polar bears and were amazed they could handle the heat.  We were 'bear-ly' (LOL) able to handle the heat of the day but they were managing fine!  We then walked around quite a bit and lined up to see the pandas.  The San Diego Zoo is one of the few zoos in the world which has a panda bear exhibit and we have the chance to see it.  How amazing!

The zoo is huge - over 100 acres.  And, they have so many varities of animals.  Arjun was so excited to see all the big cats and by the time we saw them, they were active which was great.  There was koalas and we managed to get there just in time to see them feeding.  Koalas don't feed for more than 20 minutes at a time before going back to sleep so it was great timing.  We walked all around the zoo and, as usual, shut the place down.  It was so great.  We loved the zoo and I would go back in a heartbeat.....