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Travel & Adventure

It took me 5 weeks to detox from the internet.  While I didn’t do anything as drastic as shaving my head a la Brittney Spears, I did do a lot of playing and a lot of driving (4000+ miles ROAD TRIP) and only came back to the internet when I realized that I missed my blogging.

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Communing with an Army of Frogs

by Sunny Daydreame on April 9, 2009

in Travel & Adventure

As I stepped out the door, I was hit by the sun filtering through the clouds and a humidity that I was more accustomed to when living in the South. For a moment, the highway beside the trail cleared and in the brief quiet from road noise, I was surrounded by the soft croaking of an army of frogs. I was taken back to those sultry southern summer nights and the tree frogs that lived around the swimming pool. Each night I drifted of to sleep to the sound of Whippoorwills, Cicadas, and tree frogs while the sweet scent of honeysuckle drifted in through my open bedroom windows.

Just as quickly as it cleared, the highway traffic returned and the quiet moment of communing with the tree frogs ended.

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San Diego Zoo–Meeting a Baby Gorilla

by Sunny Daydreame on March 18, 2009

in Photography, Travel & Adventure

Our last day in California was spent at the San Diego Zoo–world famous for its animal breeding program.  By random chance, dumb luck, and a little favor from God, we got to see the results of the famous animal breeding program.

San Diego Zoo Baby Gorilla

San Diego Zoo Baby Gorilla

On Friday, March 6, Frank, a western lowland gorilla was introduced to the public for the first time. Frank was born in September and weighs about 13 pounds now. Interesting, our little Wiggles was born in November and weighs about 14 lbs now. By the time Frank is full grown (at about 15 years) he will weigh over 400 lbs. Hopefully Wiggles will never tip the scales at 400 lbs.

For more pictures of Frank (and other baby zoo animals) go to What’s New at the San Diego Zoo and click on “Animals”

Here’s a picture of the Flamingos because they are pretty in pink.

San Diego Zoo Flamengos

San Diego Zoo Flamingos

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Body Worlds 2 & The Brain Our 3 Pound Gem

March 17, 2009

Normally, we never would have considered going to the San Diego Natural History Museum–too much “evolution is a fact” for my liking–but while we were vegging out on TV in the hotel, I saw a commercial for the Body Worlds Exhibit.  Body Worlds is the show  where the anatomist, Gunther Von Hagens, created plastination and [...]

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Mission San Luis Rey–The King of Missions

March 13, 2009

The Spanish Missions were founded in Alta California during the time period between 1769 and 1823. Basically, the Russians were threatening to take over the Spanish claimed lands on the West Coast of America. To strengthen the Spanish claim over these lands, Padres were sent to establish a Mission and teach the natives [...]

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