San Diego Adventure - Day 5

Ah, our last full day in San Diego! Since we had the 3 for 1 tickets to the zoo/sea world/wild animal park, we decided to head back to the zoo to check out some things we missed and to re-visit our favorite exhibits. We had asked the concierge about the Wild Animal Park, but she said that Charlotte would probably be bored because the animals would be in a safari like setting and she might not be able to see things very well. Since we loved the zoo so much we thought it would be perfect to end our trip going back there.

Our plan was to go to the spots that we went to last on Tuesday, first this time, so hopefully they wouldn't be as crowded and Charlotte could get a better look. The first stop was the Orangutans. It was not crowded at all and Charlotte was able to stand right up at the glass and watch as the orangutans played and snacked on their popcorn...apparently, orangutan LOVE popcorn! I've always loved these animals and I think they are so cute, so was excited to get such a great look at them this time.

One of the orangutans was rolling back and forth in front of the grass. Charlotte was excited at first, but was soon distracted by her all time favorite pass time - people watching.

This is my favorite picture from this part of our day -


Then we headed over to the gorillas to see what they were up to. On Tuesday they had been far away from the glass up on the hill, but today there were right by the glass so we could get a great look at them. Holy cow, the "daddy" was HUGE!!



After the gorillas, we made our way up a ridiculously enormous hill (I mean, it had a warning sign at the bottom!) to the "Polar Rim" section of the zoo. I'm not sure why we thought this was necessary, but we just didn't want to miss anything! The polar bears were impossible to see because they were way back in the exhibit. Oh well, the climb up the hill was all for not :( After a stop for a few bottled waters, we headed back down to make a quick run through the rest of the zoo.

Although we had not had good luck with the Shamu show at Sea World, we decided to try out the Sea Lion show at the zoo. We found a shady spot to sit and there was more room between the bleachers that Charlotte could stand up and still see. She enjoyed dancing to the music during the pre-show and was interested in looking at the sea lions and other animals during the show. Yeah...success!

Before we could call it a day, we felt compelled to have some soft serve ice cream! Typically Charlotte is not interested in ice cream (please refer to the yogurt video). However, she REALLY wanted to hold onto my cone. So I quickly ate most of the ice cream off the top and then handed it over.



After another quick stop in the gift shop it was time to head back to the hotel! Charlotte was definitely ready for a nap...




The rest of our last day was low key. Charlotte had her afternoon nap, during which I began packing up our suitcases for our early morning flight the next day, then we headed back over to Seaport Village to grab dinner. Once again we had issues with birds, but we made it through another meal relatively calmly.