San Diego

We left Yuma about 6am and got to the San Diego wildlife park at 9am. Bree and I enjoyed the drive through the mountains sometimes reaching 4k feet .

Wildlife park - We took the African Tram Safari first, it lasts about thirty minutes. We saw many different animals that are native to Africa. We liked it so much we took it again that way we were able to get all the pictures we wanted. There were a lot of different exhibits but we were only interested in the African exhibit.

Birch aquarium - This was a surprise for Bree, she was elated! UC -San Diego uses this facility for research which peaked Bree's interest in CA schools. The aquarium was small but full of info. Bonus, we got a great view of the coast line.

San Diego Zoo- This zoo is the largest zoo we have ever visited ! Reference Knoxvillians - you could put at least four /five of the Knoxville Zoo inside this zoo. Reference Floridians -you could put three Miami metro zoo's inside this zoo. We took the bus tour first so we could become familiar with the layout and plan where we wanted to go. We were able to see 75% of the zoo on the tour. After the bus tour Bree and I got our faces painted, I was a tiger Bree got a zebra. We decided to take the skyfreri up to the artic to see the poler bears first (I almost died ...I did not like that ride). After the polr bears we walked to see the elephants and their friends. We detoured to China to visit the pandas which I recommend viewing online. Then Bree made me walk what seemed like a million miles to see the zebras. Bree spent about twenty minutes watching, reading, and taking pictures of her beloved animal friend. We took the bus to the cat trail where we were able to see many species. The zoo was amazing, overall San Diego was everything we wanted it to be!
Note to self,go back !