We have had a huge day today visiting the San Diego Zoo. Jane (who we are staying with and is looking after us very well) took us on base this morning to visit the exchange and buy our tix at military prices, then drove us out to the zoo, about 15min from home. We jumped on the guided bus tour which showed us all around the outside of the park (which is massive - they keep 4000 species there) then we hopped on the cable car all the way to the back of the park. From there we wandered our way forward, seeing zebras, giraffes, elephants, panda bears, polar bears, grizzly bears, black bears (lots of bears)...lions, tigers and bears oh my! There were animals there that we had never even heard of, even some
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