Cali, day 6

Why did that crunch that I heard in the night prove so fateful? I found out early next morning, when we got back to our rented auto. The back right fender had a distinct gash in the sheetmetal - I must've backed up into the curb! D'oh. I was hoping that the rental company would miss it. But, later on that day, I found out that they didn't ;(

Anyhoo, Jonas went with us for a nice breakfast on Pacific Beach, and then started off on his trek home - many thumbs up to him for jumping on the grenade and driving all the way to SF alone. In the meantime, Susan and I rented another car, and went to San Diego Zoo.

I've seen a few zoos in my day (at least two), but this was quite a visit! These pictures should serve as proof:



I've never been to an aviary, but the zoo had at least two that you could walk into! We also spent quite some time waiting for the polar bear to jump into the water, but once he did, it was quite a show. The bear flapped around forever, playing with his rubber ball:

The weirdest creature ever? Definitely the ant eater. I thought it was about 1 foot long, not fifteen! And I definitely did not expect that animal to look llike it was wearing arm warmers...

Oh yeah, we got to see koalas AND pandas!

Pandas were about twenty times as entertaining, but of course it is easy to be more entertaining than living furry sleeping bags.

After all the fun times at the zoo, I needed to jump right on the plane, which I did, and fly back to Boston, which I did, too. Going right to work from the airport was less than perfect, but hey, you gotta pay the dues!