Dustin and Erin Watson: San Diego Day 3

I didn't have anything planned for this day. I wanted Thursday to be a nice relaxing day in the middle of our vacation. I kind of wanted to go to the beach, but Dustin thought I was crazy for wanting to go in October. Plus, I didn't pack anything to go to the beach. I forgot swimsuits, towels and all that jazz so I guess it just wasn't meant to be this trip. So we woke up that morning, and decided to go out to eat for breakfast. We ate at Denny's and while we where there we tried searching for a dollar theater or something fun and cheap to do. In the end we just decided to go back to the zoo! We already had passes and you can't beat free! So back to the San Diego Zoo we went. This was the best day at the zoo! We weren't rushed, we had already seen everything, so we just strolled through the zoo and rode the buses everywhere. It was nice and really fun.

Kate loved being so close to the orangutans. This orangutan really liked Kate too! She tried to give her a kiss!

I love this shot I got of the big gorilla. He's beautiful isn't he?

Funny story. This guy was sitting right next to the glass and there were a bunch of people admiring him. Then (remember how I said there were a ridiculous amount of kids at the zoo) some kids started pounding on the glass right next to him. The gorilla got annoyed and hit the glass with his elbow! It was such a human movement, as if to say "Quit it you kids!". Then some other kids thought that was funny and started pounding on the glass again. I asked them nicely to stop it, but they didn't listen. Then I got annoyed, and I, quiet non-confrontational Erin, yelled "Hey! The sign says to not tap on the glass!" They still didn't listen, so then Dustin yelled at them in spanish. Then they finally backed off. haha. I guess they didn't speak English. Sometimes I feel bad for the zoo animals. It can't be fun to be gawked at all day!

Check this out! This hippos mouth is enormous!

As always one of the best parts of the San Diego zoo is the pandas.

The thing that spurred this whole vacation in the first place is that Dustin's parents were going on a cruise and their cruise ship was docking in San Diego on that Friday, and the plan was to all meet up at Sea World for Friday and Saturday. So we went to San Diego all week, Scott and Sherice went to Disneyland, and Jaron and Beth didn't come on this trip :( We missed you guys. Anyway... Scott and Sherice were getting into San Diego that Thursday so we decided to meet up at Sea Port Village that afternoon. I've never been there before, and I just loved it! There are so many cute little shops which I wish I would have had time and money to shop in, and there were battleships and pirate ships docked on the pier! We took a hike to see all of the ships, then we stopped for dinner at a delicious pizza place on the pier. It was so good! I'm still dreaming about it!