San Diego--Part Two

On Saturday, we headed to the iconic San Diego Zoo. We had a great time; I don't know if I'd go again, at least until Kate was older (mainly because of the price; $35/person WITH a coupon; holy cow!) but it was definitely fun to see since it's one of the top attractions in San Diego. Kate had a blast seeing all the animals; some of our favorites were the polar bears, the grizzly bears (those things scare me and fascinate me at the same time), the elephants, the giraffes, and of course, the pandas.

We ate lunch at this delicious grill (seriously, for park food, it was amazing) that overlooked the elephant area, and while we were there, we ran into some people my mom knows from church! Small world.

We had to laugh that out of all the things to see at the zoo, Kate's favorite thing was going down the slide in the play area. Yes, we paid $35/person (well, Kate was free) to go to this famous zoo, and the thing she enjoyed most is free in almost any neighborhood in the country. It was her first time going down a slide, so I went with her the first couple of times, but then I sent her down herself and my mom caught her. Kate was so thrilled; she just kept laughing and laughing. Not little laughs, either, but great big belly laughs. Silly girl. We had to send her down 10 times or so, and she kept wanting to go more! (S0, naturally, she got kind of upset when we had to leave!)

That night we went to a Mexican restaurant, Fred's, which was down the street from our hotel. It was all right, but probably our least-enjoyed food out of the whole trip. Luckily, everything else was fantastic.










Bamboo--it's an inside joke between Dan & me


Happy about the panda Nana bought her






After lunch