San Diego Zoo

So day 3 of our vacation we did the zoo. Boy was this zoo big! im used to fresno's itty bitty zoo but this zoo outdid ours big time. They had lots of different animals and the grounds were beautiful and very well kept. It was huge and required a lot of walking but it was great weather and we had a blast.

We took the tram ride that goes around the zoo first to get familiar with the zoo and they give out information on some of the other trams...this was me and the girls getting ready to board the tram

my parents and lex on the tram (it was a double decker bus so we sat on top of course)

me and shelby on the tram

the tram went around to most of the "lands" of the zoo so we got a good look at the layout of the zoo...it went to the desert, jungle, and then went to some behind the scenes exhibits like the vet onsite for the elephants! Very informative...these were some pics of some of the exhibits we went by

Shelby on the tram! She was really into all the animals...by far her favorite is the monkeys!!!

my mom and dad and shelby

this bird was at the beginning of the kiddie zoo...they had an entire part of the zoo for kids which was really neat..they had lots of animal figures to take pics with and a petting zoo.

now shelby loves animals but we found out she likes them from afar! she was not interested in the petting zoo at all! she didnt want to touch anything! I thought it was so strange since she goes after the dog and cats at my parents house...but she wanted nothing more than to just look at the animals!!

she liked pointing to them but when they came close to her she wanted up off the ground!

after that we headed over to the seal show...well it was called a seal show but they actually had several different types of animals that came out

shelby loved the shows!! Shes all about clapping and dancing!
had to get a pic of the hat! she looked so cute in it but would nit keep it on! she'll wear bows but for some reason no hat!! Oh well we got one pic and she looked adorable!

more animals....

lex wearing shelbys hat since shelby wouldnt wear it...it eventually got lost (well dropped out the window of the tram by a certain 7 year old) so sadly we lost the cute hat! Me and shelby on the sky line ride...it was a nice view of the park and a chance to rest your feet!
papa joe, grama val, and lex in the sky linethe last thing we did was see the pandas. this was neat because it was feeding time so we got to see them out and about eating! sooo cute!

surprisingly we finished the zoo in 1 day! this was a moving tree we saw as we were leaving the zoo! pretty crazy!!

we had a great time at the zoo but were looking forward to relaxing the next day! we were beat!! that is a lot of walking to do!!!