San Diego Zoo

It was a very bright, sunny and hot day in San Diego when we visited the zoo. Zoe was ready with her shades!!

We started the day taking a guided tour bus ride around the park - a double decker bus to boot! Zoe and Daddy enjoying the view up top!

Zoe takes a juice break with Mama - she's the one with all the snacks and goodies!

This koala looked sooo comfy, cozy....I look at this picture and most days I want to be that koala!

Zoe was enamoured with those crank machines that flatten out and put a design on a penny. She noticed these all around the park more than the animals!!

I do it myself!! (The elder lady in the background was getting a kick out of watching Zoe trying to crank the machine!)

Look Daddy, it's a camel!!

Daddy, I can't see the kitty-cat!

She didn't miss this big cat!

Here comes the jaguar...

lurking and looking for lunch...

hmmm, no food here...wait, where's Zoe?!?!?

We saw all the elephants in the new Elephant Odyssey Exhibit...

This one wants some peanuts...

Here's the beautiful macaws shown during an animal show...

Zoe volunteered to be a helper during the show...

A California Condor flew over our heads!!

The sea lion gave some splashes to the audience on this hot day!

I think Zoe's favorite part of the day was feeding the goats in the petting zoo.

Did you see that? I fed the goat!

Here you go little goat...

The giraffes were a must-see for Zoe!

The hippos were also a must-see until she saw a sculpture of a hippo...she could have cared less about the real ones just 10 feet away!

Tiger resting on a little perch looking at all us strange people.

Zoe the navigator led us to our next stop...

We had a little fun with all the cut-outs we found!

On our way out, some musicians and entertainers were having a little hula hoop contest... Zoe had some difficulty keeping it going...

Leaving the world famous San Diego Zoo!

Someone's pooped! But she held a death grip on that box of raisins!

We then capped off our day in Old Town eating fresh hand made tortillas, margaritas & beer [ we limited Zoe to just one margarita ;) ] and yummy Mexican food!! It was a good day!

(Photos taken June 26th, 2009)