Zoo!

One of my Christmas gifts this year was supposed to be a membership to the San Diego Zoo.  Mom and I went today to get the membership, and to walk around a bit, but she totally lucked out.  It seems I can still get into the zoo for another month for free, and then after that I should be able to get in for free as a volunteer.  Guess she's saving her $88!

It was fun to just pick my favorite exhibits, and not worry about having to see the whole zoo, or "get our money worth."  I haven't been in a while, and I love the place, but the hippos are my favorite.  The baby is almost a year old (Jan 26), and getting almost as huge as mom.  Too bad you can really only see their eyes, and photos through the underwater glass just don't come out well.

And here's a pic of a local free-loader in the hippo exhibit

Only one of the pandas was on exhibit while we were there, Bai Yun, the momma.  Poppa was going through some training, and the 2 year old was AWOL.  But, Bai Yun made up for it by posing for pictures.

After almost a week of dithering around and slowly gathering items up, I finally have all the giveaway stuff packed up and ready to go to the post office tomorrow.  I hope everyone likes what they end up with, if not, just re-gift it!  I'm totally ok with that.