On Thursday of Spring Break we headed to the San Francisco Zoo. The forecast called for a gray, cloudy and cold day. We were surprisingly blessed with beautiful, sunny and breezy weather. Our drive to the zoo was a piece of cake and the girls were so well-behaved the entire day. It was a wonderful and very memorable experience!
We loved seeing all the giraffes!
Ostriches
The giraffes stayed huddled together the entire time we were observing them.
By far our favorite animals were the gorillas! We were treated to quite a show of this young gorilla picking on the big, older gorilla. He would throw clumps of grass into the gorillas face and then run away as fast as he could. The big gorilla would come swinging at him and scare him off. This game went on for about 10 minutes or so. The size and personalities of these animals were mesmerizing and incredibly entertaining!
Love the rihno
Tigers
This guy was HUGE!
Peacock Kate
Grizzly Bear
Polar Bear
Seals
Pelicans (in the background is a turtle sunning himself on a log)
The zoo has an awesome playground that the kids loved playing on. It was huge, new and full of creative little play-areas.
Prairie Dogs
Zoologists
We all got to pet this adorable hedgehog. She surprisingly felt very hard and rough.
Tarantula Maggie
At the end of the day, the girls got to pick out 1 item at the gift shop. Both chose new stuffies...Kate picked out a grizzly bear and Maggie picked out a pink tiger.
Afterwards we drove to the beach to enjoy the ocean. However, in 10 seconds we realized that the winds were too strong, the sand was blowing everywhere and all of us got tons of sand in our eyes, mouth and hair. I snapped this picture and we quickly went back into the car to head home.
