TRIP TO THE ZOO

today wendy, yael, bri, and i took a trip to the san francisco zoo. yesterday we made egg salad for sandwiches and yael made some pasta salad to take for a picnic, and today we woke up, got ready, and left around 11am. when we arrived, there was no parking left in the rather small zoo parking lot. but not to worry. we finally found a parking space, a little ways away, but it didn't cost us the $5 that they were charging for parking. they were doing major construction work on many of the exhibits, but we still got to see the lemurs, monkeys, gorillas and chimps, peacocks, rhinos, giraffes, elephants, bears, polar bears, flamingos, turkeys, meerkats, prairie dogs, insects and spiders, goats, donkeys, sheep, various birds, tigers, lions, fish, kangaroos, emus, a koala, hippos, turtles, ducks, an alligator, and many other sleeping animals. however, i was thoroughly disappointed, because i did not get to see the penguins. and i want a pet penguin... or at least be able to pet one. even though it was a lot of walking, something i'm not accustomed to at all, all in all it was a fun day. we ate our picnic lunch in the car and then drove back to get ready for yet another week of classes.