Norah and Wendy and I set off on the 950 mile drive down to San Diego to see our good friend Adam get married. We took off at 5 p.m. and Wendy drove for the first 5 hrs and then I took over for the night. It was so nice because we were in LA by 10 oclock the next morning. We were so excited because so many good friends were all coming in this day and we were all staying at a large conjoined apt building together. We also had many awesome plans for the days leading up to the wedding.
At our rest stop outside LA we had to "use" the phone to call lots of people. Norah did so well on our car ride down to Cali. 16 hrs in a car is asking a lot of a 2 yr old
It all paid off for the little girl as the day after we arrived, we went to the famous San Diego zoo. Lions, tigers and bears oh my. Norah was so excited to see all creatures great and small.
First stop... Monkeys!!! It is hard to say what is the most enjoyable animal to see, however it can be argued that monkeys are the most entertaining.
Where is that hippo? Surely he can't be too hard to see.
Oh... found him. Wow he sure is big.
Because elephants in the wild walk 20-40 miles a day. They wear down the nails on their feet. However in the San Diego, they get pedicures.
Here is the cheetah with his best friend the dog. The dog actually calms the cheetah down and they stay together 24 hrs a day.
Next day we went to the beach on Coronado island. Playing in the sand and water was quite nice. California beaches are a little warmer than Oregon beaches.
Norah just lounging in the warm sun.
The wedding was pretty and not too hot thank goodness. We afterwards had a fun picnic after the wedding and prepared for the reception at the beach.
We made our way over to Del Mar for the reception which was right on the beach. We had to snap some selfie shots before the party began.
Norah had a ton of fun checking out these sea lions that called the Del Mar beach their home. She tried to talk to them and imagine they were talking right back.
