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SDCC 2016 the Day Before
Jul. 20th, 2016 09:36 amYesterday Peter fulfilled some of his agreed upon obligations with the convention while Caroline and I went to the San Diego Zoo to complete our panda trifecta.
We have seen pandas in Atlanta and Washington DC so seeing the ones in San Diego would complete the USA panda tour.
We did see them very briefly since it was, for San Diego, a rather hot day.
We were told to take the bus tour first to get the lay of the land and that was very useful.
Right now there is a lot of construction going on at the Zoo including a new panda habitat and a new African section so about a quarter of the zoo is under construction.
We did see a lot of animals that we wanted to see. Caroline finally saw a serval and we had the added bonus of seeing the kit too.
This zoo is doing the right thing by the animals by giving them the choice to go and hide or be seen. Also a lot of what is called environmental enrichment to give the animals something to do.
We spend close to 6 hours wandering around the zoo. Caroline rode in her first Aerial tram, which gave us not only a good view of the zoo but the surrounding area as well.
Today we are off to the convention itself to set up and welcome the fans.
Peter’s table is HH16 in artist alley and the puppets will be on display there.
I am grateful that Caroline and I had a lot of fun at the zoo.
We have seen pandas in Atlanta and Washington DC so seeing the ones in San Diego would complete the USA panda tour.
We did see them very briefly since it was, for San Diego, a rather hot day.
We were told to take the bus tour first to get the lay of the land and that was very useful.
Right now there is a lot of construction going on at the Zoo including a new panda habitat and a new African section so about a quarter of the zoo is under construction.
We did see a lot of animals that we wanted to see. Caroline finally saw a serval and we had the added bonus of seeing the kit too.
This zoo is doing the right thing by the animals by giving them the choice to go and hide or be seen. Also a lot of what is called environmental enrichment to give the animals something to do.
We spend close to 6 hours wandering around the zoo. Caroline rode in her first Aerial tram, which gave us not only a good view of the zoo but the surrounding area as well.
Today we are off to the convention itself to set up and welcome the fans.
Peter’s table is HH16 in artist alley and the puppets will be on display there.
I am grateful that Caroline and I had a lot of fun at the zoo.
