San Diego Zoo

Panda relaxing and eating bamboo
Swinging in the trees

Today we went to the zoo with Christa and her family, though H and I did not have much time to spend there, so we bought a year pass so we can go back again, when we want. I have more pictures but again they are loading slowly. The zoo is beautiful, like being in a rain forest in the middle of San Diego. It is really large and we only had 3 hours, and we definitely need more time.

Last night we started a volunteer project. We are helping to prepare and serve meals at Interfaith Community Center, we did supper last night, breakfast this AM and will do breakfast tomorrow and then dinner Wednesday. After that it will depend on their need and our available time. They don't need help Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, they have more than enough volunteers for those days. They have about 50 to 60 veterans that live there, they need meals 3 times a day, and homeless persons from the community can come in also. They always thank us for helping. These vets receive counseling and assistance to get back into society while living there.

Tomorrow after preparing breakfast and church we are probably going to the mountains, to a little town called Julian(supposed to be like a California old time setting). They are supposed to have great apple pie, which of course H is looking forward to.