We woke up this morning and decided to take Penelope to our local zoo, CALM. It's really small, needs some maintenance and doesn't have very many animals but Penelope had a blast and that made the $7.00 admission worth it. All the animals are native to California. Here is a link so you can see the animals we saw. I was bummed that the butterfly exhibit was no longer there. We were actually the first ones to get there and it was neat to have the place to ourselves, I think there was probably 4 other families that were visiting and we were able to see everything in under 2 hours. Definitely not the San Diego Zoo, which reminds me, Chris and I have this ongoing debate about what zoo is better the San Diego Zoo or the Portland Zoo. I say San Diego he says Portland. OK, so I have never actually been to the Portland Zoo but I just can't imagine the Portland Zoo being better then Sanb Diego. If there is anyone out there that has been to both of these zoos please leave me a comment with your opinion so that Chris and I can settle this once and for all. Here are some pictures of are relaxing day at the zoo.

And finally the star of the Bakersfield zoo, the black bear. I am obsessed with bears ever since living in Alaska and reading the book Alaska Bear Tales. Don't you just want to go give him a big bear hug? He looks so cute and cuddly!