Yes, I'm still here

OK, all right, so it's been ages since I've posted. Just not a whole lot going on right now that's interesting enough to talk about.

Weird to think that this is my last week of freedom before starting work again. Ralph & I have been enjoying it immensely, and treated ourselves to an overnight trip to the San Diego area as a mini-vacation. We spent yesterday at the Wild Animal Park (which has in fact been renamed as "The San Diego Zoo Safari Park") and had a wonderful time. Being a weekday in the off-season, it was not at all crowded & we got some really good views of the animals. Lots of nests in the aviary, and several babies around including the little antelope amongst today's photos. At the time we took the picture, it was less than 2 hours old. I was particularly glad to see the elephants; they looked much healthier & happier than the one we saw at the LA County Zoo.


Today we went to the San Diego Botanical Gardens (formerly Quail Botanical Gardens) and spent a couple leisurely hours strolling the grounds. Very pleasant & relaxing. We got there shortly after they opened, so even with spending 2-1/2 hours there we were still able to hit the road before the traffic started to get heavy and made good time on the drive home.



All of today's pictures were taken at either the Safari Park or the Arboretum. We don't know the woman with the lorikeets on her; we just thought it made a nice photo & she gave us the OK to take her picture. The shots of us with our arms outstretched is to show our "wingspan" as compared to that of a California Condor. See, I am tiny and petite, smaller than a bird :-) Please ignore the fact that I have major hat hair in the photo.