When I was about 7 years old, my family and I went to San Diego, CA. While there we went to San Diego Wild Animal Park, San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and Disney Land.

 At the San Diego Zoo, we took a tour on a small open bus (I don’t know how to describe it). If we wouldn’t have taken the bus, we wouldn’t have been able to see the whole park in one day. We saw, among many things, the polar bear, lions, penguins, wild dogs, and giraffes. The polar bear was swimming, the lions were lying around and sleeping in the cave, the penguins were waddling around, the wild dogs were talking, and the giraffes were eating and they were so close to us.  Since I was on top of the bus (there were seats on top), I felt I could touch them. Later, we saw many animals in cages, aquariums, or cases.  For example, we went into a bird "cage" where birds were running free everywhere.  We could see all kinds of brilliant, vivid, colorful birds. We even got to see a couple birds not even a foot away feeding. I remember thinking that it was the most spectacular thing I had ever seen.  Then, later we went to a fish aquarium.  It was a long dark passage where we would pass all kinds of unique animals I’d never seen before.  There were especially a lot of different jellyfish.  Then the coolest thing was that they had the largest crab.  I’m telling you IT WAS HUMONGOUS! Anyway, later on we got to the reptiles.  There we saw a boa constrictor and a white or yellow anaconda.     

 In San Diego Wild Animal Park, we went on a train ride to see all kinds of animals just in their rightful habitats with other animals. We saw giraffes, mountain goats, and rhinos.  The rhino mama was protecting her baby from another animal. It was neat to see.

 In Sea World, we got to see Shamu. But we didn’t sit in the front where we could get wet because my parents said that killer whales live in a cold habitat, so the water would be cold. We went to the day show, but then we heard that there would be a night show that was better. So when we went to night show, it was WAY better. They had colorful lights and fireworks.  But the show was different, and they had better tricks.  Anyway, afterward, we saw a police on a horse.  For protection, they had a light on the horse. . . . But it was on its butt. So we kept joking about how the horse’s butt was flashing. 

 The last place we went to was Disney Land. There, we went on a lot of rides. We went on a tea cup ride (remember, I was seven), then we went on a ride carved in a mountain that was scary. It had a lot of twists and turns.  And it got to a point where we were in a dark tunnel and lighted creatures would appear.  Then, we went on an Indiana Jones ride.  It was cool and in one point on the ride, there was a big rock that was coming toward us, but at the last moment, we fell down under it and escaped.  The last ride was a water ride. We were going up and down hills. But then it got to a big one. . . . . We went up. . . and up. . . . and up. . . . . until we got to the top. . . . . . and we went straight down 100 miles an hour! I was DRENCHED in water. I even thought I lost my dad’s hat. But he found it beside him. It was funny because I screaming with sorriness, and then he found it!