{p,h,f,r} - Road trip

We snuck out of town last week to clear out our lungs with some fresh ocean air.  Worked out wonderfully having the SF Zoo right along the coastline.  

{pretty}   Lots of colorful things to make the eyes go "oooh" and "aaaah"....

The carousel ... it wasn't running by the time we got to it.  Bummer.

Beautiful flowers throughout the park.  Didn't catch this one's formal name; we call it "Pretty in Pink".

Sitting pretty -- right in the midst of us -- our lovely niece.  It was great having her along with us --
she giggled and laughed and got goofy -- fit right in with her cousins!

{happy} 

Little Man was right at home ... clinging to trees ...

... and scaling walls.  He belongs in a zoo!

 {funny}

Doing the splits ... ouch!

A hippo with a flare for entertaining.  See his back side?  When it's lifted just above the surface of the water and the tail starts spinning like a propeller, you realize why they don't need toilet paper.  It was gross.  Funny gross.  

{real}

The President's motorcade.  For real!  On the way home, we got stopped at an intersection by that police officer, holding back traffic, so the President's motorcade could pass.  Dozens of motorcycles escorted a caravan of S-U-V's and federal vehicles.  We didn't know which one he was in -- they all had tinted windows.  If we had known in advance Mr. Obama was going to be driving by, we might have sprinkled the pavement with holy water. ;)

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