G Sides

Mexico

Going through photos

And I found this one.  It's about 8 years old, taken with my first serious digital camera, a Canon Powershot G2. Great Camera.  I love this photo (don't know if you do) it just says something to me (and whatever it says to you is for you, if it says anything at all).

 

And I couldn't post old photos without my favorite.  

 
 

Train Stations

I like train stations.  

 
 

Couldn't give you a good reason why.  At least nothing other than they're neat.  Might have something to do with growing up in LA and not really having any trains though.  

  

I guess LA does actually have Union Station, but...not really the same kinda thing.

Paris

is a very beautiful city.  

 

Someone

is a little nervous feeding animals...

That's not entirely a smile of excitement.  It's reminiscent of this.  

And when I asked her to get the bird closer to her head for a nice photo, this is what I got.  

 

Not exactly what I was thinking.  

But she's trooper and managed to touch the shark.  And it was NOT a small shark.

 

I did hear her mutter something about "rather touch the shark than feed the bird again..."
 

Go to Wyoming

it's worth it for the views

  

and definitely for the BBQ at Bubba's

 

We love Japan

for so many reasons.  

Like the giant graters (check out the scowl on the guy behind her).  

The super delicious tonkatsu (before)

(after)

Maybe not for the Ninja Show

but definitely for the waxworks

okay maybe not for the waxworks...But definitely for the burgers!  

Especially the amazing Freshness Burger Spam Burger

But not for whatever it is she's eating this time.  

But look!  My niece even loves Japanese maps!

See?  Everyone loves Japan.

The Maldives

were pretty amazing.

Though the food often looked better than it was...

and we only got 1 picture with the underwater camera before it sprung a leak (thankfully crutchfield is replacing it)...

but the views were amazing...

And we had a lovely time.  

Singapore Zoo

is awesome.  Now I'm a big fan of San Diego Zoo.  I mean it's really pretty amazing.  But I prefer The Wild Animal Park.  But only if you pay the extra for the special truck tours that go inside the enclosure.  That's spectacular.  You get to feed giraffes and rhinos for goodness sake.  I mean that's cool.  But check this out.  

We got to feed MANATEES!!!  Dude the Singapore Zoo rocks.  

The had a big python too.  At least I think it was a python, it may be an anaconda.  But either way it was huge.  At its thickest it was bigger than my thigh, and I'm no flyweight.  

And you can get really up close and personal with the fruit bats.  They're actually kind of cute.  

San Diego Wild Animal Park

The San Diego Wild Animal Park is AWESOME.  We paid extra to go on the Truck that takes you into the animal enclosures and it's amazing.  The closest to a safari I'm going to able to get to for a while.  But it's really great they truck you into the park and you get up close and with a bunch or different animals

You get to feed Rhino's

and you get to feed Giraffe's too!

But they're kind of scary...