Santa Barbara Zoo

We drove up to see the girls on September 20th. There were a couple of desirable items they hadn't packed: Sarah hadn't realized that she could put up her Beauty and the Beast lithographs on the walls and Lisa was purchasing an older-model laptop from Quality Logic. We also brought back empty bins so they wouldn't have to store them all year. While we were there, I wanted to do something special with the day, so we went to the zoo. Sarah opted out, due to a BBQ scheduled by her dorm, but Lisa likes checking up on the Channel Island Foxes any time she has a chance. Jenny wasn't with us because the MHS Marching Band was playing at a local football game.

After the zoo, we stopped at a Trader Joe's for low-carb cereal, nuts, and a treat of dark-chocolate-covered coffee beans for Lisa. She doesn't drink coffee, but she likes this form of caffeine. Then we did a leisurely dinner at KFC.


This gibbon family was busy grooming.




The tortoises seemed intent on making more tortoises.




Lisa was thrilled to see nesting flamingos, complete with eggs.









Glen showed Alan how to use the telescope.




The gorillas were hiding while their enclosure was being cleaned, but we caught these little monkeys on film!




The merecats can be mesmerizing.




This one was curious about Roger.




Alan drives off on safari.




Roger had to conquer the large egg.



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