Weekend Shenanigans

Thursday, raucous good fun with Andria and kids - check.
Friday, bike ride to San Onofre State Beach for sunset happy hour - check.
Friday and Saturday nights, camp out under the full moon in our backyard - check.
Saturday, eleven mile hike in wilderness area and dinner in Temecula - check.
Sunday, a day at the San Diego Zoo - check.

The following are a few snapshots of the past few days.

 We rode our bikes through a part of Camp Pendleton and into the state beach park at San Onofre.  In the winter this 6 mile stretch is fairly deserted.

 A selfie of us getting ready for the sunset.

 It was another unusually warm January day.  We had our little picnic as the sun went down.

 When we got home, Yummy D gave us that, "And where have you been?" look.

 Saturday, we returned to the Cleaveland National Forest to hike the Tenaja Trail down into San Mateo Canyon.  It is a wilderness area that offers a fair degree of solitude.  The streams are unusually dry for January due to our three years of drought.

 San Mateo Canyon  going downstream.

 San Mateo Canyon going upstream.

 On the way home, we stopped in Temecula for some food, music, and a beer.

 Sunday at the zoo, and a most magnificent rear end of an okapi.

The chimps were a real crowd pleaser!  Caution, may not be suitable for children.  Go to the following link:    http://youtu.be/T0KdlK8jpqc    I couldn't upload video through Blogger, so I have to try YouTube.  Sorry for the hassle, but I think you will find it worthwhile.

 There is underwater viewing of hippos through long windows.  Notice the cloud of feces, which is food for fish and worms.  Hippos are so graceful moving around underwater!

 They can stay submerged for about 5 minutes.

 We got a chuckle out of this exhibit because there were only about three zoo birds.  The rest were local great egrets, and great blue herons just hanging out for a free meal.

 Polar bear feet are about the size of dinner plates!

 If you are an elephant, this is where you come for a manicure or other health needs.  I noticed plenty of escape holes for humans!

This secretary bird likes to go to the office wearing sneakers.  And so ends an action packed weekend.