One of my parents favorite places to go when Jillian and I were kids was the Santa Barbara. That, or a drive up to Solvang. Since my parents were back in California for a week, the one thing thing that they really wanted to do was go to the zoo with Shaun, Abby and myself. Unfortunately Shaun had to work but Abby and I were able to go with them.
Abby has been to the Santa Barbara Zoo before, but this time she seemed a little bit more interested in the animals and everything going on around her. Its amazing the changes babies go through within three months time. I feel like she truly enjoyed this trip more then her first but then again she is only a year old.
We spent the day just wandering through the small zoo. Because it was the middle of the week, the zoo was very quiet and allowed us to see more then normal. If we wanted to just hang out and stare at the giraffes, we could and not have to worry about making sure that other people get the chance to see. And we did, since the giraffe just stood there staring at us. The Gibbons were very talkative and the otters were out and playing as usual. The penguins were out, but the newest addition to the penguin family could not be seen that day. He was taking a day off I think.
After a good long walk around the zoo, we stopped for a bite to eat and then headed back to the car. Before getting back onto the freeway, we made a quick detour over to the Foster’s Freeze for some ice cream. We used to stop there often when I was young, so it was fun to reminice.
All in all it was another wonderful day! Please take a look below at the slide show of some of the pictures we took throughout the day. Enjoy!
The Wharton Adventures 
Love the picture of Abby and your dad…and the ones with the elephants too! 🙂
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