The Great California Adventure - Part 3

San Diego was our ultimate destination and on Monday we finally made it there.
Our host was a woman named Anne Rideout. She is a friend of the Taylors from the time they have spent in California.
Her house was on a bluff overlooking Mission Bay.
The first night there we had some spaghetti with her and then went and walked around Seaport Village in the Downtown area.
This is a view of the Seaport Village.
The next morning it was cold and rainy, and we figured it was a perfect day to go to the zoo.
We took a bus tour, watched all the shows, rode the Skyfari ride and saw as much as we could in the 7 hours we were there.
The Skyfari:
The polar bears:
The panda at feeding time:
Jay's favorite- the world's largest rodent (these things were bigger than our dog):I'll let you figure out these animals:
We finished off the day with some In-n-Out Burger and some shopping.
The next day was still chilly, but I was determined to spend some time by the water, so we rode our bikes to Pacific Beach. We rode the Belmont Park Coaster and explored little shops along the boardwalk.
After lunch we drove out to Coronado Island and went to the Hotel del Coronado.
Then we went to the movie Monsters vs. Aliens. According to reports, Jay was going to be able to see the 3-D that this movie was made of and although he could see some depth with the new True-D technology, it still wasn't quite 3-D in his eye.
(This is an old picture, but I think it captures Jay's feelings for 3-D movies).
Anne took us out to eat for our last night there, and the next morning we packed up and drove to El Paso.

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