Day 4…no sunburn and no warrants for my arrest either. Win win.

This guy was sound asleep. It’s exhausting being adorable.

I am sooooo tired. The San Diego Zoo kicks your ass. For those of you who haven’t been, or have blocked out the  memory because it was so horrifying, that zoo was built on a vertical.

Do you see how he was begging to come home with me?

Do you remember those stories your parents and grandparents told you that always had them going to school uphill both ways? That’s the same phenomenon with that zoo. I do not recall EVER walking down hill. All the downs are gradual and sloping so as that you hardly realize you’re descending. The ups, however, are all like at an 80% grade. By the time you get to the top of the hill you couldn’t give a crap less about the stupid polar bears. All you want is a bench and a defibrillator.

I would also like to mention the ridiculous security at that zoo. I think they might have found out that I was coming because I kept getting the “eye” from them, all suspicious like. I did not come home with a red panda or even a panda panda or a baby leopard. The whole day was rather uneventful considering.

There was one particular highlight. We saw Connie and Shaba, the elephants that were transferred from our zoo to the San Diego property. They looked lovely and very contented. The tour guide said they were out of quarantine and were slowly being introduced to the rest of the herd. I was so excited to see them I squealed and totally embarrassed Sassy which totally made it worth it.

 Last, but certainly not least, I’d like to bring to your attention the following. This antelope like beast of some sort was very, very confused and this camel was absurdly patient considering the inconvenience posed by this other fellow. Every time the camel bent its neck to eat the antelope mounted his head. I don’t even really have a good joke for this scene.

truly, if not this then nothing else qualifies as the love that dare not say its name.