The Stellar San Diego Zoo!

The Saturday before last Paul and I went yet again to see the animals...are we obsessed maybe a little bit but Sandy(my wonderful older sister) let us use her pass which expired on April 30th, so we had to take advantage, thanks Sand and Tim. We met up with some great friends the wonderful Wardels. We hit up the zoo around 10:00 am because Nat and I wanted to see the baby Panda and he is only out and about in the morning. Little did we know we picked the best time of the day to go! If you go early in the morning the animals are very entertaining, alert, and fun because it isn't in the middle of the day when it is too hot to for them to rove around.

The highlight of the day were the Polar Bears, they were absolutely incredible! They were in the water glass enclosure, this was the first time I have ever seen them this close they are usually hiding away and you are lucky to even catch a glimpse of them. They were so beautiful their fur coats looked like big giant cotton balls as they swirled their way through the water. There were two Polar bears who were wrestling each other, it kind of reminded me of my cousins who would wrestle unceasingly till there was a victor...they were so fun to watch! They went through three rounds and it was hard to say who the victor was because they were so similar in size and looked identical, watching them was almost hypnotic it took us awhile to pull away from them and gallivant on to see what else the zoo had to offer.

We then went to see the beautiful sleeping giants, panda bears that is. It is so sad everytime I have been to the zoo they are always sleeping but they still look so darn cute! We were able to catch a little glimpse of the baby panda but he was so high up in the tree I couldn't get a good shot! Anyway the baby panda was adorable as ever nestled up in the tree oblivious to what was around him. Wouldn't it be cool if you could fall asleep so easily perched on the branch of a tree...with no fear of falling?!

We then went on to see the gorillas, not a whole lot went on in this exhibit but the boys sure did have a good time talking to the zoo keeper. A couple of random facts gathered was that the gorillas take birth control because they are maxed out on the space they have for the gorillas. There are two baby gorillas and he said they are super playful and he wrestles with them at times, however, he wouldn't be caught dead...then again he might...if he tried wrestling with the silverback. He said they are very tempermental and one time the silverback got so angry he broke the inner layer of the glass. Last but not least the average life span for a gorilla is 40 years...well there is some random trivia for the day! The silly Gorilla below is giving herself a pedicure...so random!

As the day went on Nat convinced me it was time for me to go green, it was going to happen sooner than later...Nat just nudged me in the right direction! Thanks for the great day you two we had so much fun!!