The Wild Animal Park was a new and interesting experience. It is an affiliate with the San Diego zoo and it is located 30 minutes North of the zoo on about 400 acres. The purpose is to try and create a natural habitat for the animals where they can roam, and we can see them up close and personal. Of course the up close and personal part is another $75/person so we enjoyed them from a distance. The highlight here was feeding the deer and the exotic birds.


Hee Haw, Hee Haw





It was so neat to be up close and personal with these beautiful creatures. My girls couldn't get enough of them! At times I wandered which way I would rather have it, enjoying them from afar or having them eat out of my hand, it was kinda uncomfortable, for me anyway, my kids thought it was great!

Thank goodness for cameras with zoom! What playful looking creatures!

The fastest land animal, the cheetah. This is the animal Madison's spends half her waking life pretending to be!



This was sooo neat! We bought some nectar that comes in a little plastic cup that you are told to hold very tightly as you enter into the bird aviary. Once inside these beautiful Larakeets flew right on you and began drinking the nectar. I was totally intimidated by the birds and didn't want to feed them, but my girls were so excited about it. I couldn't stop laughing when we were in there, the birds were all over my girls...until the nectar was gone. Now the girls ask non stop if we can get a pet bird.

San Diego Zoo was fun, the highlight which I mentioned earlier was Maddie getting her first kiss from a sea lion named Jake. I have tried and tried to download the video, but for some reason it's not working. Here are a few pictures of the zoo.

Camels are such interesting animals!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, what do you see? I am so glad there is 40 inch glass between me and thee!

Elephants are such ancient looking creatures.

Don't they look so wise? Maybe it's the wrinkles.

These are one of my favorite animals! They look so cute and cuddly!

I like to move it move it!

There is nothing scientific about this, he is simply picking his nose.



Maddie's first experience touching and feeding a sea lion!!
Can you believe it!!!