the whales
Cute - my favourite the polar bears
Penguins
Flamingos
After two days in Disneyland and California Adventure Park, we ventured south today to sunny San Diego and Sea World. Its a 90 mile drive from Anaheim so we returned to the Interstate and the mega-traffic and Sandy's gentle automated promptings.
Sea World was not terribly busy, at least not compared to Disneyland on a Sunday. We checked out the beautiful and graceful Beluga Whales at Wild Arctic, spotted flamingos and Magellanic penguins, did a cool pirate 4-D show, saw "Blue Horizons" - performing dolphins, pilot whales and birds, got dive-bombed by a manic seagull at lunch, rode a river raft experience (fun, but California Adventure was better), took a skyline gondola ride with great views of the park and San Diego, and went up 265 feet in the skytower for even better views of San Diego - its a very pretty city. Highlight of the day for me was "Believe" a show featuring Shamu and three other Orcas. Absolutely stunning creatures. Floss got some good footage on the video camera but the digital camera was frustrating - by the time you clicked they were back under water!!
Floss braved the wheel for the ride home and did a great job. Today we are heading north to Hollywood and Universal Studios. Its about a 35 mile trip through the heart of LA, so the driving will be interesting, no doubt. There's only three days left before the flight home now - we are slightly sad to be approaching the end of our US adventure but also looking forward to seeing the kids and all our kiwi friends again.
Sea World was not terribly busy, at least not compared to Disneyland on a Sunday. We checked out the beautiful and graceful Beluga Whales at Wild Arctic, spotted flamingos and Magellanic penguins, did a cool pirate 4-D show, saw "Blue Horizons" - performing dolphins, pilot whales and birds, got dive-bombed by a manic seagull at lunch, rode a river raft experience (fun, but California Adventure was better), took a skyline gondola ride with great views of the park and San Diego, and went up 265 feet in the skytower for even better views of San Diego - its a very pretty city. Highlight of the day for me was "Believe" a show featuring Shamu and three other Orcas. Absolutely stunning creatures. Floss got some good footage on the video camera but the digital camera was frustrating - by the time you clicked they were back under water!!
Floss braved the wheel for the ride home and did a great job. Today we are heading north to Hollywood and Universal Studios. Its about a 35 mile trip through the heart of LA, so the driving will be interesting, no doubt. There's only three days left before the flight home now - we are slightly sad to be approaching the end of our US adventure but also looking forward to seeing the kids and all our kiwi friends again.
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