We're on vacation in Southern California this week. The purpose of the trip was to go to BlizzCon, but we have plenty of vacation time, so we took the whole week off.

I thought we had tickets for a photo tour at the San Diego Zoo this morning. Unfortunately, it was really at the San Diego Wildlife Park, 45 minutes away, and we didn't find this out until it was too late. So that's rescheduled for tomorrow (hopefully - I didn't get the email confirmation they promised me, so I'm going to call in the morning).

Since we were there anyway, we spent the day at the San Diego Zoo. I like the idea of zoos, but so often the implementation is terrible - unhappy animals cramped in tiny cages. This was the best zoo I've ever been to - the animals actually looked happy and well-cared-for.

Plus, how can you go wrong with giant pandas?

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After the zoo, we hit a go-kart racing track. I didn't expect a whole lot, but it was an awful lot of fun. And I didn't come in last!

Tomorrow, the Wild Animal Park!