Monday, September 3, 2007

Day at the Park

We got season passes to a nearby six-flags amusement park called "Discovery Kingdom". It is kind of a mix between Disneyland, the Zoo, and Sea world. They have rides, and the Loony-toons characters, as well as Elephants and a Killer whale show. They have something called "Animal Encounters" where you can have up-close experiences with the Animals. You can feed the dolphins and the giraffes, you can ride the elephants, etc.

They have this Walrus exhibit that has about 4 HUGE Walruses. For some reason, every time we go, they always take an interest in Jacob and McKenna. I can't figure out if they want to play...or eat them. This time, I took some pictures. He was clapping his fins as the kids clapped hands and everything. At the end of the interaction, the Walrus started ramming the glass. (You can see his head pressed against the glass in the last picture.) Again, I'm not sure if it was play, or aggression. But we left either way.


The other pictures are from a park in San Francisco called Alamo Square that our friends the Fairbanks' told us about. It is where they filmed the opening credits for the TV show "Full House". It has great views, and the kids had fun swinging at the top of the world.

















8 comments:

mama bear said...

Wow, where is this place and how come we never went?! It's great to see your little fam, we miss you so much! Congrats on the new little beanie, keep us posted! Scary walrus, but awesome pictures!!

Claytie and Suzie said...

I didn't know you guys had a blog! yay! I love your pictures and the jokes a few posts ago are very funny. Clayton and I have a blog too: http://claytieandsuzie.blogspot.com/
See you Sunday!

Becca said...

what a fun day! Any time you can get out with the family and create memories is a good day! You look like you all had a great time!!!!

mama bear said...

Did I mention how cute your kids are?! I just want to reach through the computer and give them a big squeeze!

Anonymous said...

o my goodness! they are soo cute.. and when i saw that you went to the "full house park".. i was a lot excited, and somewhat jealous.. haha.. love you guys, danielle

Lanes said...

We love Alamo square! and six flags for that matter. Oh, it makes me homesick for SF and for your cute little ones. Emma still asks if McKenna can come to her b-day party again this year. So, if you could just plan a trip up to Portland in March that would be really great :) Miss you guys!

Jen said...

My friend used to train those walruses at six flags. She says they are the best to train because they actually remember you and don't just do something for food - they are actually really loving animals.

Hansen Family said...

You guys took some awesome pictures. It looks so warm there!