Oakland Zoo

Like a month ago we went to the Oakland Zoo. I was pretty excited as I have never been to a Zoo before and we got a pretty good deal with our military discount. We went with some really good friends of ours that we have made here, The Harrison's. They have a little girl named Brennyn and my girls love her. Brennyn is younger than both of them and they like to take turns mothering her.

This picture was meant to be last, but oh well! After we were done with our Zoo adventures both the girls totally passed out in the car. We don't have AC in our vehicle which is fine 99% of the time because Monterey doesn't really get hot-hot (between 60-70 degrees average) but when you head in land.... HOLY HADES! It is roasting. It was just under 100 as we were leaving Oakland so we unrolled all the windows and the girls passed out with the wind whipping through their hair at 70 mph. As we reached the peninsula the whether dropped 30 degrees in a matter of 5 minutes, it cooled off so fast it felt like we had turned on the AC!
Olivia snapped a shot of me pushing them around in the stroller.
Olivia really loved the Edephants.
This was us stopped for lunch. There was a really big field that you could picnic in but hardly any shade and as it felt like we were literally in Hades we lucked out with finding one of the few tables under a canopy area.

The girls really liked it and I really felt like we got our money's worth. I mean it rocked my boat, but that is also coming from no Zoo experience. The Harrison's said it was lower in the Zoo food chain as far as size and animals but we all agreed it was a steal of a deal for what we got. We also went over a holiday weekend (4th of July) so there were quite a lot of crowds but we still had fun anyway!