Day 2 San Diego Safari Park

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A bit about Carlsbad
In the 1880s a former sailor named John Frazier dug a well in the area. He began offering his water at the train station and soon the whistle-stop became known as Frazier's Station. A test done on a second fresh-water well discovered the water to be chemically similar to that found in some of the most renowned spas in the world, and the town was named after the famed Spa in the Bohemian town of Karlsbad.^[9]

To take advantage of the find, the Carlsbad Land and Mineral Water Company was formed by a German-born merchant from the Midwest named Gerhard Schutte together with Samuel Church Smith, D.D.Wadsworth and Henry Nelson. The naming of the town followed soon after, along with a major marketing campaign to attract visitors.Thanks Wikipedia


I must say we had a slow start out of the blocks but were at breakfast at 8.30. It was a typical american motel breakfast,

Courtesy of Sally the satnav and a few pieces of poor information we finally got to The San Diego safari park.

 3/4 of the family

 Golden eagle in the background.

 Condors wild in the trees.

 How close was this

 Luke got the shot of the day

 Cody was into the  Python and would just walk past as if it wasnt there.

 The elephants were amazing. these guys raelly do make an effort with conservation which is awesome. A guy was on safari and said that he was disappointed that he had only seen 3 Rhinos. The guide told him, go to San Diego safari Park they have got 20. He joined.

We went on the truck ride and got close ups with many of teh animals.

 This Rhino looked huge from a distance.

 Lazy lion on top of the land rover.

The Bird show was amazing and the african Grey parrot could mimick so many sounds, telephone, farts,

 Lemur tail out of the head,

 No Lemur trail out of the head

 The gorrillas

 The Cheetah sprinting 100M it was so fast.

 Cody and others wer taking every vantage point

On the whole a full day and a great time was had by all. The boys ears are still painted on.

Went out for dinner at TGI Fridays.

Swam in the pool til 9.45 bed now

Legoland tomorrow.