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.
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
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
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!