Friday, March 23, 2012

Day 58 ~ Wide Open Spaces Tour 2012 ~ San Diego Zoo

What a Zoo!

We really enjoyed the day at the zoo!  It was only open from 10-5 and we used every minute seeing SO many animals!  We were so close to them; we got to see several getting their lunch!  Enjoy:

Someone, or two.... did not want to get up today!

Ready set . . .   GO !!!!!!!!

RV behind our  They weren't giving out free samples  :-(



I thought all the Flamingo's were stuck in lawns

2 monkeys

2 Bears

Looks 'almost' real, except for the baby loin on his tail

Making the plan for the all day event; first stop is on this double-decker bus ride around the park


The bus had to wait for her to cross the road

Stripped Deer



The Polar Bears  were eating breakfast....carrots!



My favorite picture!

All the "cats" were behind fences; but you were only an arms-length away from fence


The Elephants!  They were my favorite too!


She just got her nails done!



Hay for breakfast ~ snack


He was the only one with tusks, you will see him more later


Fun to watch these guys, they were so fast (Prairie Dogs I think)

That is the Jaguar's back leg on the cave wall

These were my favorite !!

Look at the baby!





Post Card Shot!!!  They are so beautiful, graceful, smooth, I could have stayed and watch them for hours


nice kitty

This was interesting; this cat and dog are living together
They pair dogs with this cat because it's mate died and they keep the cat company now and get along great

Pretty gardens all over the zoo




                                                      A tropical picture for mom! 





Romantic ride over the Zoo animals



Pretty shiny bears

He is a tall bear!

Hug-gable bears

Sleeping off that big breakfast of carrots . . . LOL

Lazy




Big paws!

He was cute!

We matched!



He looks so happy in the sun


Tapirs

So we get here; which is all the way at the back of the park and the Pandas go inside for vet to check them out!  Not happy!

Takins

Cool way to get "UP"  instead of stairs
Heading to the Monkeys and Apes










Waiting for their lunch

Getting a little impatient








LUNCH !!!!

Yum

He rises his arm to have the zoo employee give him some food

Baby trying to get some food; but got too close to the biggest monkey and backed off!

Here is biggest one making sure the little one didn't get too close to his food






Rafiki


Ok ................   LOL      

the hippos were sleeping




This was funny!  it was a foot massage machine!  It was only a quarter and it was pretty crazy, HAD TO SIT IN THE CHAIR THAT MATCHED MY OUTFIT  lol


Longest neck on a turtle I've ever seen; how about you?

sleepy tigers

Opaki - Half-zebra Half-giraffe



red panda, so cute and looks so soft

FINALLY!  BOTH Pandas were out and have their lunch!  Enjoy these amazing, adorable pictures!!!






My FAVORITE animal at the ZOO !!!


Amanda Panda playing a flute!!!

OK ... not a flute ~  Bamboo








THAT WAS EVERYONE'S FAVORITE!!!

Back up again .... the right one up this time....sometime the map was confusing (user error)



the boy

the girls




Back to the "Africa Rocks" area of the Park


So prefect! So which has the mane, the boy or girl?


A BOY !!!!  Yuck!




Weird that these lamas are laying on their side?!?!





Fighting over a stick ~ must be siblings




Time for lunch this way!

Amazing !



Looks so old and gentle



those are some heavy duty cages and gates


Here is the one elephant with the tusks ~ he is eating out of a wheel-barrel and almost grab it with his truck


Camels ~ the one laying down tried to get up and the one standing wrapped his neck around the one laying and pulled him back down!  Not a nice camel

Guess who!?



Cool berries?




PUMBAA

HUGE Rino






Arm 'n Arm & happy heading for the exit ... they experienced everything the San Diego ZOO had to offer and loved every minute/hour


Dinner !? !? !?  ~ I got to vote first and we had leftovers and went out for ice cream and a little more site seeing

The Midway




After site seeing in the dark for 45 minutes or more; Brittany and Dan found us the best frozen yogurt at PinkBerry   Yummy.  You could pick the favor and add anything you wanted.  Here are some of the things we picked  :)

Reward for the Co-Pilot




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