A Day at the San Diego Zoo

We decided it was time to re-visit the San Diego Zoo. A good idea but we forgot that it was summer and the Zoo would be full of visitors from all over the world. We heard many different languages lots of kids. They ranged from little ones sleeping their way through the zoo in strollers to teenagers who would soooo obviously rather be somewhere else. There were grandmas and grandpas, moms and dads, aunts and uncles and I'm sure just a few very good friends! And then there was the four of us wandering through the zoo with no kids wondering why we did this in August? San Diego was in the 80s and quite humid. It wasn't so pleasant. Living where we do, about 60 miles east of the coast, we have very low humidity. If we have 30% humidity, we all walk around complaining how humid it is. When I think back to the years I spend in New Jersey where we would have bouts of humidity in the 90% range I almost feel guilty about complaining about 30%. But we had fun looking at the animals and we had a nice lunch at Albert's Restaurant at the zoo. It is named after the first gorilla they had, I think. But I might be wrong on that. I will have to do some research.

I call these three "The Big Guys!"

We saw some birds

And of course there were Monkeys!

And the Rest of the Story.....

After our days in Portland we headed west to Tillamook - yes, that's where they make the cheese! We toured the cheese factory and sampled the cheese. They have a HUGE gift store (one just can't call it a shop - much too big for that) and we wandered around for a bit and then headed south along the coast of Oregon. As I am soooo very far behind in posting to this poor neglected blogspot I think I will just post the album pages I created to remember our trip.

The motel in Eugune was quite a bargain! A great room, a huge bathroom, pretty flowers everywhere and the absolute best fettuccine Alfredo I have ever had in my whole life! It had smoked steel head trout, mushrooms and asparagus and I savored every bite. I would return to Eugene in a heart beat to have that meal again. 

And so ended our lovely trip through Oregon and a little of Northern California. We had a wonderful time and saw lots of wonderful things. And it only took me until August 10 to finish what was started in June. Oh my!