The zoo and another beach day

Wednesday was another park day and this time we went to the San Diego Zoo. It was much more crowded with lines everywhere. We first did a tour of the overall zoo on a bus and from there decided what areas we then walk to.

We saw the leopards, and the red panda and then of course the pandas and finally the polar bears amoung the other animals that day.

 At the end of the day we found ourselves at teh far end of the park and took the air tram back across the zoo to the entrance.






















Before we left I had to have my picture taken in front of the gorilla statue. When I was young we came to the zoo and Dad took my picture in front of this statue. I was not to happy then to stand in front of the statue. It was a little different this time. 


That evening they had a magic show at the resort that was amazing. It left us wondering how they did everything. Shannon and the kids joined us for that show though Payton was ready at intermission to have the show done.

Thursday we split up in the morning and Shannon and the kids went to the beach. After we dropped them off there Cindy and I went to the temple which was about 10 minutes away. After going to the temple we picked up lunch and went back to the beach to have lunch together.

After lunch we drove over to Cabrillo Point to the tide pools along the cliffs and searched from all the tide animals we could see. We did come across some crabs and small fishes. 

We then drove into San Diego to Seaport Village to have some ice cream first. Ben and Jerry's were celebrating their 35th anniversary by giving away free ice cream cones. We and a lot of others took advantage of it that day. Then we wondered around the shops and notice a guy outside the village stacking rocks and asking for money if you took a picture of his project. We then went and had dinner at Anthoneys and watched the sunset over the bay.