For day 1, Mom, Dad Jake and I had a magical day at the zoo. It was a long, hot day and we were sweaty and tired by the end, even with our midday break, but it was worth all the walking. We headed straight for the tigers hoping to get an early look at the tiger cubs. We were rewarded with a great show of the three cubs bounding around playing with each other and their mom. From there we walked to the pandas to attempt to beat the crowd. Three pandas were in clear view with no line at all- the baby up the tree and the 2 bigger ones lounging and munching right up near us in the front of the exhibit. A bit later, the polar bears put on the most magnificent performance of polar bear playfulness I've ever seen. One of them was wrestling with an old kiddie pool and the other would push off backwards from the rocks, float sprawled out belly up slowly to the glass wall, then dive down head first and backwards, splaying his body along the glass then paddling back up to the surface by the rocks, and do it all over again. I didn't get a good picture of either the tigers or the polar bears, but I did get some good ones of the Pandas (see below).
For Day 2, we took the Seal Tour , where you drive along Harbor Drive, launch at Shelter Island and go out along the point and then reverse the route. The Navy helicopters from North Island flew over us several times, which thrilled Jake. The sea lions were out in droves, posing, sunbathing and wrestling. We got a glimpse of a dolphin jumping in one of the training pools at the Navy's marine mammal training facility and enjoyed the sight of a young sea lion sitting up and taking in the wind like a dog sticking his head out of the window, heading out into the bay in a little skiff with a couple trainers. Even us seasoned San Diegans had a great time, learned and saw some new things and enjoyed the perfect day. Gigi said she REALLY enjoyed it and Jake did too, though he wasn't thrilled with the first big wake that hit us. ;)
3 comments:
Well, that does it! - "The Seal" is definitley on my list for a "next time" trip to SD! Mom looks SO tickled and wrote that it was indeed a wonderful day! She does so LOVE to "go" out & about & see new things - AND old ones, for that matter - IF she doesn't have too many stairs to climb, that is!
mc
PS. I meant to add that your spectacular zoo day reminded me of when we'd take Caleb to the Zoo - it seemed there was "always" a "polar bear "performance that was out of the ordinary! Isn't it fun & entertaining?!
mc
Mom made it up & down - the ship style stairs into the Seal. My first reaction on seeing the way in - was 'Oh, Dear' - but she did it. We waited to be the last ones off so we would'nt be a bottleneck - and she came down carefully and successfully.
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