San Diego is one of my favorite vacation spots. The weather is perfect, the beaches are perfect, the food is perfect. If I was a trillionaire, I'd move there today. Another thing I love about San Diego is the San Diego Zoo. (Or the San Diego 200 - as my sister-in-law called it when she saw the big welcome sign. She won't live that one down for awhile.) It's huge and you could honestly spend a week there and not see everything. I also firmly believe it was designed by the owners of IKEA - it's easy to get in but it's impossible to know where you are or to find a way out. If I'm lucky enough to visit the zoo again, I'm going to take the train ride that drives you by all the "areas" so I at least have an idea what is there.
I love the enclosures at the San Diego Zoo. They're very spacious and there's so many beautiful plants and trees everywhere. They've also done a great job of providing ample shade at the zoo, which I'm sure they did for the animals but it's also great for the human visitors. I loved the panda bears.
And the polar bear you can barely make out behind me in this picture.
How cute is this picture of Dahlia?
After the zoo, we went to another of my favorite spots in San Diego - Seaport Village. It's right on the ocean and there are lots of little restaurants and touristy shops. We enjoyed the yummy pizza and an incredible sunset. By the way, I took the picture of the sailboat below and I thought it turned out quite nice. Hard to mess that shot up though...
I saw this shirt at one of the shops and I could not have said it better myself. Seriously, how did we get to the point that Hilary Clinton and Donald Trump (Donald Trump?!?) are our nation's presidential candidates? I do not understand. But we won't go into that now....
I'm known to be quite the softie when it comes to anyone under the age of 12. But even I would not have said yes to the $25 fee The Bird Guy charges you to take pictures at Seaport Village. Enter Grandma Torgerson - who gladly paid the $25 and I'm sure a generous tip for these pictures. She spoiled us rotten on this trip and The Bird Guy benefited from that generosity as well.
On the drive back to our condo, someone snapped this picture from the freeway as we passed another of my favorites - The San Diego Temple. It was too late to stop and explore the temple grounds but it's always impressive to turn the corner on the I-5 and see the breath-taking Princess Temple (not it's real name). Until next time, San Diego.
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