San Diego Sunshine!!!

While it was raining on Tuesday, the lyrics of the John Hammond song, It Never Rains In Southern California kept going through my head.  Thankfully, that lyric rang true yesterday as Max and I reveled in the sunshine of Del Mar and San Diego.  We began at the world famous San Diego Zoo and finished the day playing the North Course at Torrey Pines with Jim.  What a spectacular Day!!!

We are getting ready to head north and deliver the Jaguar today, but the pause here was blissful and nurturing. By the way, the San Diego Zoo pairs all of it's Cheetah with a dog from the time they are cub and puppy and they stay together for life.  Hum, wonder if I can convince Gail and Jim to let me pair Callie in my Jaguar and adopt her??  Not a chance!

I know Callie Girl, I know, you're gonna miss me.

We took the Zoo tour, visited the Pandas, road the sky ride, and saw as much as possible before jumping back in the car and racing for Torrey Pines to see if we were granted a twighlight, (after 1:00 pm), tee time from the wait list that Jim put us on early in the morning.

Pandas are cute, but I prefer Polar Bears more than any ordinary bear, I'm a citizens for Polar Bears with no cares fan...They are giants!

This Zoo really gets you close to the animals and tries to educate the public about wildlife and environmental issues.  They were instrumental in reviving the endangered California Condor.

We concluded our visit with a tour of the reptile house.  I liked the rattle snake and the Komodo Dragon!

We were anxious to see if we would have the opportunity to play Torrey Pines, site of the 2008 US Open, but everything worked out well, and we were teeing off at about 1:50 on the North Course.  While my play was sporadic to say the least, I'm proud to declare that I birdied number two par threes, number 6 and 12 and pared number 11!

That's hole number 6 in the background.  It was so sunny that it was difficult to get a good picture, poor Mark.

 

I know this picture of number 6 looks a great deal like the picture above, but it is slightly different because you can see a little more of the hole.  By the way, did I mention that I birdied this hole??