Wild Animal Park and the LaJolla

The next two days of the trip we went to two different areas. Monday we went to the Wild Animal Park or as it is now called the Safari Park. It is interesting to think back that we took the kids when they were little to this park when it first opened and now we are taking the grandkids. Back then the boys got to ride an elephant. Not now. We did see a baby gorilla which was interesting.




We went to the Lorakeet  exhibit. If you buy food they will land on your arm and drink. Payton did not want anything to do with that so we just got close to them and let others be there perch.

This time of year they had a butterfly pavilion which had timed tickets so that it would not get over crowded. It was amazing to step into the building and butterflies of all colors and sizes flying everywhere and landing everywhere. Payton did not know what to think about it as she did not want them on her but they sure were attracted to Shannon.

The had a great sand sculpture for the park. It always is amazing what people can do. 

From there we went to the other animal exhibits and shows and enjoyed all the sight and colors and variety of animals. The lions were particularly active. 










At the end of the day they have a cheetah run. It was amazing to see how face they really do run. While I could not get a picture when it was running (it really was fast) they had it walk back down so everyone could see it. Oh yes it has a friend, a dog that it does everything with which is the animal next to it in the pictures.

Tuesday was a day at the beach. We first went over to LaJolla to see if we could see the seals and they were out in force though they had moved more to the rocks than the beach area. The waves were high which made doing anything in the cove impossible and the water was cool. We then went over to the other side of the bay to the beach along with everyone else. Payton loved the sand and did not want anything to do with the water and Connor loved the water and would go crawling into the waves.  We got pretty good sunburns on us but not the kids that day.

That evening Cindy and I went to a Beatles Tribute Band performance at the resort. The resort has its own theater and the concert was really good.