Adventures with Dad! part two

After exploring Crystal Cove we got back in the car and continued south. We had talked about either going to the San Diego Zoo or San Diego Wild Animal Safari Park. We had both been to zoos so we figured we'd head to the Safari Park - who knows the next time either of us will be able to go on a Safari. We were both surprised at how busy it appeared to be for a Monday after noon. We arrived at about 12:15 and didn't leave until after 5. We rode the tram safari, went on a cart safari and walked around through the Asian Animal section. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the day.

A Giant Pelican - these guys were huge

Who doesn't love a flock of flamingos - I thought it was pretty funny that this guy was sitting on his knees.

Baby Monroe was having a pretty good time hanging out in the shade

Lazy Cheetah

A mama vulture watching over her newly hatched babies

Hungry Giraffes

Chuck the Rhinoceros

Lazy Giraffes

Some kind of African Mountain Goat

This next one is an oddity - a laying down, sleeping Giraffe who was all by himself - in the wild you would not likely see this, especially the alone part

Skinny Striped Zebras

Tiny baby 6 week old Giraffe on the left - one of the tour guides liked to point out how the Giraffes walk with a specific "left, left, right, right, left, left, right, right" kind of pattern - the slower they move the harder this is.

Yay! ELEPHANTS - this one reminded me of my brother - he was swingin' that branch around like it was a "stick-on-a-rope"

Looks just like we're somewhere on the Serengeti

Don't miss the tiny baby Elephant

We learned some interesting things on our Safari adventure, got a few laughs from observing some of the crazier kids running around and finally made it back to the car. Where we headed north in search of a hamburger and fries. We decided to retrace our steps and go back up the PCH so we could stop at Crystal Cove again and investigate the state of the tide. We got there about an hour before the sun would set so we headed back down to the beach where we wandered the beach for another half hour before we decided we were getting hungry and the sun wasn't actually going to set for another 45 minutes.

These birds were pretty good at running out as the water receded and then turning around just in time to run back up to the shore before getting caught in the water.

Thinking that we should probably head back to the car and find some dinner

The only picture we took of the two of us together

THANKS FOR VISITING DAD! It was super nice to have company and spend time with you! I always love going on adventures with you! Maybe we'll get to go Huckleberry picking this summer!