Cali Vacation 2011: Day 3

Hello All,
On our third day of vacation we drove down to San Diego to go to the zoo. Here's the pictures from our day at the zoo.
This is the first picture of the day. This cute little otter and then his buddy in the next picture just kept doing laps.

After the otters and animals around them we went into the petting zoo. As we were walking out they had this bridge that water shoots over. It took me about 3 times before I was finally able to get a picture with the water.

Our tickets included unlimited rides of the SkyFari which takes you from one side of the zoo to the other. After the water bridge we got on the SkyFari and ended up over by the Polar Rim.

Here's a picture of our view as went across the park.

Here's a picture of Stacy and myself on the SkyFari. We had lots of fun seeing all the animals at the zoo.

Here's a view of the city from the SkyFari.

Here's Dad and Katie coming in on the SkyFari.

After our ride across the zoo we went to see the polar bears and reindeer.

After walking through the Polar Rim we walked passed the zebras and gazelles. Then we walked along Eagle Trail and onto Hippo Trail where we saw some hippos sunbathing. We continued from Hippo Trail to Tiger Trail where we could only see the ears of the Malayan Tigers in the exhibit. After seeing some monkeys we went to eat some lunch at the Safari Kitchen.

On the way to get lunch we passed these cool turtles. They have snake-like necks.

After lunch we decided to go on the guided tour through the zoo that was also included in our tickets. We passed all the flamingos that are right in the front of the zoo on our way to the tour bus.

On the tour bus we got to see the giraffes which included their newest giraffe which you can see right next to the water. The father of that giraffe is standing directly behind the baby.

After the giraffes we saw the rhinos. This one was getting his belly scratched by the zookeeper.

The next one down the road was getting fed some snacks from this zookeeper.

After getting off the tour bus we walked into the outback to see all the Koalas. This one was by far my favorite with his feet all the way up by his head. So Cute!!

Then there was this guy who was across the way getting something to eat.

As we were making our way to Panda Canyon we passed the Two-Humped Camels. This guy was funny to watch because he was foaming at the mouth and kept looking like he might do something exciting.

So this was by far the most exciting part of the day for me. All I kept talking about the whole day was going to see the pandas. They had a new baby that was on display but right before we got there they had taken mom and baby back inside. We did get to see the daddy panda who was in the exhibit next to where mom and baby were.

On our way to see the elephants up close we passed this lion and a cheetah. This is why I think my cat twix looks like a lion because he looks just like this lion when he's sleeping.

The last animals we went to see were the elephants who were part of the Elephant Odyssey exhibit. After seeing the elephants we went back towards the Polar Rim and took the SkyFari back to the front of the zoo. We of course hit up the gift shops before making our way back to Anaheim in the Friday traffic.