San Diego

travel california

For Labor Day weekend Stephanie came out to Arizona. Originally we were going to go camping in Sedona, however Arizona was seeing severe thunderstorms so we headed to California.

2013-09-01 San Diego Zoo

Our first stop in San Diego was at the San Diego Zoo. After a long summer in Phoenix, I must say that San Diego has beatiful weather

2013-09-01 Stephanie loves this aluminum polar bear


2013-09-01 The San Diego Zoo is very proud of their panda bears. I know they are hard to raise in captivity, however I've seen a lot of them. And they are all eating, all day long. Does not help that bears are carnivores, and the panda's digestive tract hasn't increased in size to help with eating bamboo.


2013-09-01 Stephanie and myself with pandas in the background


2013-09-01 It would only be more awesome if it were fuel cell powered


2013-09-01 This is how you feed elephants. I wish I had a trunk


2013-09-01 Stephanie matches the flamingos with her pink hat


2013-09-01 Flamingo.


2013-09-01 I am always surprised how zoos cannot identify their animals


2013-09-01 These turtles upset Stephanie


2013-09-01 I know something beautiful when I see it


2013-09-02 USS Midway

The next day we checked out the floating museum of the USS Midway

2013-09-02 Here we are with the Midway in the background


2013-09-02 Across the harbor you can see two active carriers


2013-09-02 Stephanie is ready to take us to sea


2013-09-02 Here is a display showing one gigabyte of memory through the ages


2013-09-02 Sandcastles

Also on the pier was a sandcastle building contest, and we arrived to see all of the entries finished

2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 A new addition to the San Diego skyline


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!


2013-09-02 Sandcastle!

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