Wild Animal Park

Thanks to some friends of ours, we got tickets to the San Diego Wild Animal Park. Phillip got to take the day off so we could take Mikey to see all the animals.  It was a beautiful day- perfect San Diego Weather.  We started off at the gorilla exhibit, which Mikey thought was hysterical because the gorilla's were picking their noses.  So for the next 20 minutes all we heard was, "Dad- the monkeys pick their nose" followed by a laugh.  Michael kept asking to see the elephants, but we took him on the tram ride instead.  Sort of a mistake on our part :)  

The tram ride would have been perfect if it were around nap time- it's nice and slow and you see lots of "boring" animals eating. Michael didn't really care about anything but seeing the elephants.  

Finally we were off to the elephants exhibit- after a 16 mile hike up the hill we made it.  This was for sure the best part for Michael as you can see.  A baby elephant was born just two weeks earlier, so Mikey kept asking about the baby and his Mama.  He was fascinated with everything it did- it threw dirt on its back, walked around by the fence, played in the mud.  Michael dictated his every move- I think they could have been friends :)   We ate lunch, saw some tigers and some lions and then were off again to see the elephants.  I think Michael would have sat there all day watching them.  We said our goodbyes- got in the car- Daddy turned on Enya and within about 5 minutes Michael was dreaming of elephants.