This morning the weather was overcast and perfect for some time at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park (aka the Wild Animal Park). The Safari Park is about a twenty minute drive from our house but it is closer to the desert so it gets hot out there. We usually go during the winter or on cooler overcast Spring days, like today.
Elena loves animals, well actually all critters but she loves her 'mingos. Can you see her intensity from this picture Megan snapped? She's gripping the fence and has her head pressed against the rail. Flamingos are serious business.
An attempt of a family picture....reach and snap :) (yes, that is a flamingo on Elena's shirt)
Here is one view of the park. What makes this park so special is the vast space the animals have and I think it is neat to see animals together in a habitat as they would be in their native land.
More flamingos!
Okapi! These animals remind us of a horse mixed with a zebra mixed with a giraffe! Of course the stripes from a zebra, the body of a horse and the flexible neck and long tongue of a giraffe. Love watching these guys!
On the brink of a second melt down, Meg snapped one last family photo of us. We don't have many so I'm trying to bolster up our collection.
Auntie M was very brave letting Elena drink her water--yum, backwash.
As we scurried out of the park, we paused to watch the gorillas. Here is the male strutting across the lawn. There was also a young baby held by the momma. It was amazing to see such a small gorilla.
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