The San Diego Zoo Safari Park... Rawr!

Who's that in the wilderness there....?  Oh, it's just me, Kathi Bear!  But I think I should tell you that my uncle Rick says my new name is KB.  Hmmmm.... maybe I'll let that be his special nickname for me.  :)

Anyway, Mom took me to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in November!  It was our very first trip together, and we had lots of fun!  Here we are when we just got to the park:

So excited!  Let's go!

Before we even got to the entrance, we saw a really cool photo booth!  My mom loves photo booths!  I wasn't really sure what it was, but I'm ready to do anything Mom wants to do!

Oh my gosh, the photo booth was so much fun!!  My mom is the silliest!  I love her!  Here's a close up of our photo strip.  I don't know who that first picture is of...... I didn't even see anyone else in the booth with us.  Hmmmm.....

After that fun stop, we headed into the park.  We saw really neat animals!  My mom is a zoology major, so she really likes to learn about animals.  We stopped to read all the information plaques ...

... and watch the animal interactions:

Hedgehog!

Mom said that riding the rhino is a family tradition, so we absolutely had to do that.  It sounded kinda scary....  I mean, who rides rhinos and lives to tell about it???

We do, that's who!  :)

We walked around the park, looking at the exhibits.  We even went down a trail called the Safari Walk.  I thought maybe that meant there might be giraffes and zebras walking around with us, but I'm glad I was wrong.  I'm pretty small, so they might not see me and I didn't want to get stepped on or anything.  I asked Mom where those animals are and she said they are all in the Africa Tram Safari exhibit!  We didn't get to do that this time, but if you go to the San Diego Zoo Safari Park you need to do that ride!

While we were walking around, we got some friendly smiles from the kids.  What can I say.... kids love me!  Maybe because I like to play in their playgrounds.  Like in this log!

Mom even got in there with me!

And we took a picture with a very quiet Gorilla mama with her baby:

It was really, really hot that day and Mom wasn't feeling very well, so we went to a store to get cooler.  In the store window, I saw a panda!

Hi, Panda!  Hi!

I asked my mom why the panda was there, and she said he was waiting to get adopted by a loving boy or girl.  So I told him not to worry -- he'll get to have his forever home soon, too, and get to go on adventures like me and my mom!

Outside another store, we saw a monkey!

He was so excited to see me that he practically jumped into my arms!  He was waiting for his forever home, too.  I told him that he was sure to get a really nice mommy like mine, and he was so happy that he smiled really, really big and hugged me super tight!

I'm so glad I got to go to the Safari Park!  I saw neat things and made new friends, and had lots of fun with my mom!

I can't wait until our next adventure!

Love,
KB (Kathi Bear)