We have been in San Diego since Sunday and we are REALLY enjoying the city, the weather and all the great things to do. We left the desert where it had been 104 degrees to wake up here to a very pleasant 57 degrees! Every day has been sunny and in the seventies; just IDEAL.


We will have another Blog to cover all the great things we're doing here but this Post covers just the San Diego Zoo. We spent the entire day there on Monday and it was awesome. Neither of us are usually too keen on zoos, and the whole concept of caging animals, BUT the San Diego Zoo, which we had heard so much about, is really the exception. It encompasses more than 100 acres and is home to over 4,000 rare and endangered animals representing more than 800 species and subspecies. The zoo also has a prominent botanical collection with more than 700,000 exotic plants. It is laid out on several levels within Balboa Park and is HUGE. We arrived as the gates opened and spent the ENTIRE day. We found it both interesting as well as enjoyable. It is one of the largest and most progressive zoos in the world and is extremely active in conservation and species-preservation efforts.


Attached is a link of some pictures from "Our Day At The Zoo". They represent just a few of the MANY that we took! It has been a very productive Spring at the zoo and we were treated to LOTS of new babies - including new additions to the koala, panda, elephant, giraffe and many other families. Hopefully you'll enjoy these photos:

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As always, we would love to hear from you, the email is

PFerraro1@cfl.rr.com

We'll try to get another Post done after the weekend.


In the mean time, take care and stay safe,
 Pat & Judy