Another week gone

We have completed our second project week at Indian Hills Camp and we were able to get a few more things completed.  The guinea pig house is put together once more and the new rabbit enclosure is coming along nicely.  We also spent the weekend at the San Diego zoo with our son and his wife.

This is where the old rabbit hutches stood.  Fortunately, they were removed before the tree trimming!

The new hutches will have a concrete block base.  Here is the footing we poured for the block.

You can plainly see the "upgraded" cement mixer.

With the block all laid, we then had to pour drain curbs behind the block so the keepers can clean the area with a water hose.

All done!  There are 148 block in this pile and Chuck and myself touched each one of then, more than once.

Remember the accident with the tree trimming.  Well, here is the renewed version.

Then after the work comes the time to adventure.  Here is the beast at the entrance of the San Diego Zoo.

There is also much peace and beauty as God displays His creation for us.

Just a shot from high above the zoo as we traveled from one side to the other on the tram.

This was a pretty rainy and lazy day.  The king of beasts is taking it easy.  We were told that they usually spend as much as 18 hours a day like this to conserve energy.

The leopard next door is following suit.

But this Asian elephant is taking some time to clean her toe nails.  If you look carefully you can see the end of a stick in her trunk and she is using it to scrape mud from between her toes.

Later we took time to go to the Pacific and, of course, pick up a few shells.

We were on Coronado Island and this is the famous Coronado hotel.  Built in 1868 it has seen several upgrades but is still a marvelous old structure.

We took time to have a shot taken in the garden before we moved on.

Sunday we met Matthew and Cassie at the zoo.  They were coming on Saturday but it was pouring at Huntington Beach.

As well as many beautiful animals the zoo has a display of God's handiwork in the plant world.

The polar bears had a hard Saturday night and must recuperate.

This old fellow is beginning to show signs of aging!

But this fellow is just looking for more mischief.

Then there are those who had to take time out for a bit of "rare" rabbit stew.

The young Copi knows where to go when he is hungry.

Another one of the animals which are representations of animals which lived here in

Southern California long ago.

Of course there were also somewhat large tigers here then.

...and the polar bears!!!!

In the warm afternoon sun the "baby" tigers are keeping each other groomed.

While some of the zoo guests take time to think about what all these people are doing others...

...others just don't seem to care!