April 21, San Diego

San Diego

The freeways and highways we have driven on in California have been in rather bad shape...lots of bumps, cracks and potholes! It is hard to believe that the state with the most vehicles has highways in such conditions. Needless to say, the pots, dishes and cutlery did lots of rattling as we cruised down the freeway to the famous San Diego Zoo.

We arrived at the zoo with no expectations but had read that it is the most visited zoo in North America. The zoo was awesome! In fact, we spent four hours walking around, enjoying the animals. We watched monkeys groom each other, a polar bear eating carrots, pandas enjoying stalks of bamboo, zillions of birds, elephants, zebras, gazelles, hippos, koalas, a dog and a cheetah who are best friends, a month old giraffe and so much more. Did you know that when a giraffe gives birth she does so standing up. Therefore the baby is dropped six feet! This not only cuts the cord, kick starts the breathing. We ended our day at the zoo by taking the aerial ride across the park. This zoo is for kids of all ages.

We made our way to the Chula Vista KOA which is a classy RV campground, complete with pool, spa, and very friendly staff. It was warm and felt great to eat outside under the canopy. A walk around the park and a couple games of "Bananagrams" completed the day.Tomorrow we will use public transportation to get downtown and take in a ballgame at Petco Park.




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