Something happened to this post, somehow all the content got deleted. but anyway here is my re-creation...
Today we started the day early at the San Diego Zoo.
We arrived early so there were plenty of parking spots available and after grabbing a spot right near the entrance we bought our tickets and entered. We loved how right away you see a lot of animals, and not just lame stuff but cheetahs!
We were nervous about the line to see the panda bears, since they are their biggest attraction, so we made our way to them first. Along the way we saw some neat birds, such as Condors and a Steller's Eagle. The two Condors were mating so by the time we left that bird exhibit a huge group of people accumulated.
This is the male condor. It had a 9 foot wing span!
They were soo cute! We thought it was so funny how humanlike they were just siting and eating. They spend 22 hours of the day eating or sleeping! The second picture is of the only breeding male in the USA.
But of course Jules already knows this!
This was a new addition to the zoo. It houses large animals such as elephants and really makes you feel as if you're on a safari. One thing that the San Diego Zoo does really well is house their animals in natural feeling cages. They are decorated very well and organized in a way that the animals are visible even in the more difficult views. After we were all walked out and our legs nice and tired we went on a narrated tour of the zoo. Larry, along with the old man sitting in front of us, fell asleep.
Both of us worked up a good appetite and after leaving the zoo it was straight to Crazee Burger, another one of our Triple D stops. This place is known for their wild game burger. Along with the basic beef and turkey burgers, they offer gator, ostrich, kangaroo, buffalo, and several other meats as well. All morning Larry would look at the animals and go, "I'm gunna eat you laterrr." He ended up having the kangaroo burger (gross) which he said was sort of gamey and I went for the half beef and half lamb. It was delicious and so were the sweet potato fries we got on the side, especially with their homemade chipotle ketchup. It was located in the Old Town part of San Diego which was really cute.
The rest of the daylight was spent finding caches around the San Diego area. It brought us to some nice locations along coast and we got to see some nice houses as well.
