San Diego Wildlife Park was a thrill, again. We were last here in November, 2005. Yvonne was only 3. Once Jim an I set foot on the property, it felt like just yesterday. Yvonne remembered a few things but certainly got a good refresher today. The Ramona area got hit pretty bad by the San Diego fires this fall. Our RV park has damage in areas, but they luckily saved all the buildings. The one picture above of the burnt cactus is just at the fence line at the Wildlife Park. They did have to evacuate some of the animals, but they too saved all their buildings. Quite amazing. We've been told the winds were so fierce, the fire hopped all over the place rather than burning solidly in any one place.

We were very fortunate to witness an hour old Oryx baby pictured in the middle. The mother had just given birth and was still cleaning the baby. Our tour guide stopped and let us watch the baby attempt its first steps.