San Diego - Animal Wonderland

Hi all,

It took me a while to get back to the grove after a wonderful trip to San Diego CA during the Thanksgiving week. Non stop flight was probably a blessing in disguise. I slept through most of it when we flew to San Diego. The city is really nice. Unlike Cranston where temperature was hovering around 40's, San Diego had high 60's.

We had a blast in San Diego Zoo looking at all those animals whose pictures I had seen. There was the tall giraffe, the rhino, elephant, lion, deer, antelope, jaguar, monkey, black bear, koala, penguin, polar bear, brown bear and the list goes on. I dozed off for my afternoon nap when appa, amma and Kanna uncle were watching the bird show. With Kanna Maama around I just could not believe how quickly the day went off.

Next day, we took it easy and went to Children's museum to spend some quiet time with my friends. We knew next day would be very hectic at the Sea World. This place is another must see place for kids like me. The dolphins, manatees, beluga whales and the underground shark encounters - wow! all were really great. Every time I started to make tantrums appa was saying that Best is Yet to Come. And it was indeed at the end of the day when we watched the Shamu the killer whale show. The amount of water Shamu splashes to spectators is incredible. They show so much strength yet respond incredibly accurate to the cues of the trainers.

On the penultimate day of our visit we visited the San Diego Model train museum and kid's science museum. My entire year's want of seeing trains was satisfied in the model train museum. There were so many enthusiastic volunteers who were building Lego buildings, Keva plank models day just zoomed by.

Some day again in the future, I should come back and visit San Diego on my own!!!

Well winter is already here. As I write this, a day before the official day of winter, I am looking at 18 inches of snow and complete white out! Gladly, Amma has booked our tickets to India and we are leaving on 29th of December for a 6 week trip. Wouldn't that be fun? I am already getting crash courses in Kannada, recognizing people etc.

I will post some of my videos if possible before I leave and then the travelogues will continue.

See you then,

Stay warm and merry Christmas.
Saaranga