This Adventure Called Retirement

Today is San Diego Zoo Day. We spent the morning at the San Diego Zoo in Balboa Park with Steve, Rebecca, and their son Eric. Just as you enter you are met by the iconic flamingos of the San Diego Zoo. It had been decades since Mary and I have been to this Zoo and the changes were surprising. The zoo seems to have doubled in size and the animal enclosures were also very different – larger and with more angles for viewing. This provided a much more natural habitat for the animals as well. As you can see here, the lions were anything but agitated.

The cooler temperature (this seems to be following us across the country) brought many of the animals out into the open spaces, making it easier to view. The elephants were fun to watch. One obviously was interested in skin-enhancing benefits of a mud bath.

After the zoo, we had seafood tacos and ceviche at TJ Oyster Bar in Chula Vista, and a delicious Italian dinner at Ciccia Osteria in Barrio Logan in San Diego.