Adventures in San Diego, Part III

We also hit Sea World.  Lest you think I was deprived as a child, my parents did bring me here when I was 7.  I remember it being super hot and Shamu being super big.  With the death of the whale trainer about a year ago, I wasn't sure what to expect, but I was pleasantly surprised.

First of all, we saw even more polar bears.  As soon as my daughter saw the picture of polar bears on the map, she insisted that we had to go see them... so we went... twice.

These bears were a lot cleaner than the ones at the San Diego Zoo!  :)  The kids got even closer to the polar bears here than they did at the zoo, too.  This was a great exhibit.  I think the kids would've spent all day here if I let them.

We did move on to see some Beluga whales, including a baby Beluga...  I didn't know babies are gray.

And we saw some penguins too... so cute!  The great thing about this exhibit was that there were different types of penguins together so you could compare the size difference as well as the different feather patterns, etc.

We also caught up with some college classmates of mine and saw the sea lion show (highly recommended) and Shamu (of course!)

Another really nice day, but I think this is another one of those places you'd be better off coming to a few hours at a time instead of trying to cram it all in at once.


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