Afternoon at the Zoo

This afternoon was our first visit in 2011 to the Santa Barbara Zoo!  It was a gorgeous day (mid 60's and sunny), so we thought it would be a perfect day to go to the zoo!  And it was.  I would have been happy with just driving up there (the drive along the ocean on the 101 Freeway is beautiful), but of course the kids would not be too thrilled with that idea!  The zoo was pretty empty, which also makes for a fun trip!  The kids were very into having their pictures taken...

By some birds

The elephants were eating

Shane was quite excited to see some Penguins swimming!

We were able to get up close and personal with a gorilla, but they didn't want to get too close...or let him know we were there!