Zoo Buddies

It's been two months since our last trip to the San Francisco Zoo, so we decided to take advantage of the long holiday weekend and plan a fun activity for Kyle, in addition to all of the to-do list around the house. We actually managed to mix things up a little this time, and instead of starting with the gorillas, we headed to the opposite end of the zoo to watch the Grizzly Bear feeding at 10:30. It was definitely neat to see the two grizzly sisters charging across the enclosure and jumping into their pond to hunt for fish. (Kyle and Hannah are both sitting on the grizzly bear statue above)

We also skipped the steam train ride this time, and instead rode on the carousel. "Round and round and up and down" as Kyle says, we had to make sure we picked one of the non-stationary animals to enjoy the full effect.

Kyle's been so articulate over the past month, it's fun to take him to the zoo now, and to have him ask for what he wants to see next (as long as he doesn't have us trekking from one end to the other and back again!) This time he wanted to see elephants, but unfortunately the SF Zoo no longer has any. So we'll be making a trip to the Oakland Zoo soon to visit their pachyderms.

Our next big, planned family outing is to preview the new California Academy of Sciences building on September 19th - look forward to an exciting review after that. But I'm sure we'll have more news and photos before then.