Santa Ana Zoo

We decided to visit the Santa Ana Zoo today. None of us had ever been there, but we must have driven past it thousands of times since we have lived here. It is a small zoo and really pales in comparison to the San Diego Zoo, in fact even the Adelaide Zoo is better, which is saying something. There are very few unkind words I have to say about Adelaide, but the Zoo really is depressing and abysmal. I took Jen there the last time we were in Adelaide and I was pretty embarrassed to say the least. I recall the Melbourne Zoo being quite good though.

Anyway, we were not really expecting Callum to be too engaged, it was more of an excuse to do something outside on a sunny day. He was really well behaved though and genuinely seems to enjoy getting out of the house and seeing new things.

Here is Callum seeing his very first real life Elephant, although the fact that there are people riding it and it has a tiara made of flowers on may have given him the wrong impression:


And here he is seeing his first Australian Emu, just as all Australian kids should, from behind the safety of a big fence. Emus are awkward, ugly animals and not to mention they have a penchant for pecking at shiny items that get near them - including human eyes. All and all, not an animal that deserves much attention.


And here, Jen and Callum have tamed a wild land tortoise and are using it to ride around the Zoo because they are too lazy to walk.