San Diego

Steven is on vacation this week. A few weeks ago we talked about going to the San Diego Zoo one of the days he was off. It's been almost 4 years since Hannah had been the San Diego Zoo and with Rachel's fascination with animals, we thought it'd be a great outing.

We went to the Zoo yesterday and had a great time. We had a beautiful day and all the animals, with the exception of the polar bears, were active and looked alive. The zoo has a guided tour bus that tours around the zoo, and then you can get on and off that bus as many times throughout the day. We did the tour bus once and then ended up walking the rest of the day!!! That was a lot of walking. Hannah did a great job and I don't think she complained once about walking.

I took over 330 pictures at the zoo, these are just a couple, some more can be found here. All throughout the Zoo, there were these feet massaging stations called "Footsie Wootsies". With all the walking you do at this zoo, a foot massage was much enjoyed. We can't make a trip to San Diego and not have dinner at our favorite Mexican food restaraunt. Over the course of dinner, we decided to find a hotel and stay the night in San Diego so that more exploring could be done today. We found our way to the nearest Apple Store to take advantage of their access to the internet and found a reasonably priced room through Orbitz. Somewhere between dinner and getting to the hotel room, the girls found their second wind. Hannah was so excited about spending the night in a hotel.We woke up this morning and took advantage of the free complimentary breakfast from the hotel. We then headed to the San Diego Port and went aboard the USS Midway, the longest in service aircraft carrier in the United States. Hannah wasn't too crazy about this adventure, but by the end of the 4 hours of exploring, she was enjoying it. After exploring the USS Midway, we headed to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Admission the Animal Park was included with the Membership that we had purchased at the Zoo. We arrived at the Wild Animal Park five minutes before they stopped letting people in the gates. And then the park was only open for another hour. We managed to hightail it about half a mile to a new attraction that takes you in trams out on the animal grounds, where you are eye level with the animals. A much better tour of the animal grounds than the old railway they used to have. When we finished our tour, the grounds were officially closed and we had to make our way out. We have passes, so we'll be going back another day when we can spend more time there.

We had a great time the last two days in San Diego. San Diego was a place that my family went to a lot on day trips and overnight trips. So it was fun getting to do the same with my own kids and husband.