A fine day out

Woke the family around 9am (after I'd already had spicy tofu for breakfast, unloaded the dishwasher, put some pots to soak, and read Stretching and my morning web pages), made sure everyone had a bit of breakfast, and headed up to the San Francisco Zoo. We got there about 11:30 and split up, agreeing to meet at 12:30 for lunch at the Leaping Lemur Cafe. It was a good day for it -- warm but not hot.

The flower_cat and I headed off to the African Trail and the gorilla exhibit, with the Y.D. in tow. She left us at the Primate Center while the Cat parked herself at the cafe for a while and I wandered through the lemur area and the upper level of the primate center (which I hadn't realized were connected) at more like my typical pace. I like walking with my Cat, but she's arthritic and can't walk fast enough for me to get any exercise.

After lunch we split up again; the Cat and I toddled off to see the penguins, the otters the hippo (in temporary quarters near what used to be the elephant house, but is now occupied by a rhino), the big cats, the black rhinos, and the bears. The zoo is in the middle of a decade or so of major reconstruction; the grizzlies have been moved to a great new "Grizzly Gulch" next to the black rhinos, and the entire back area that used to hold the African elephant, giraffes, and hippos, and others is fenced off and under construction. The giraffes have already been moved to the new African Trail area, and the few remaining elephants have all been moved to a "retirement home" somewhere else. We don't really have enough room in San Francisco to take proper care of elephants.

We'd aggreed to meet back at the Leaping Lemur at 3:00, but converged about half an hour early and headed for the exit. I drove home fighting sleep; the Cat and I collapsed in a heap on the bed and napped for an hour. Leftovers for dinner; we all agreed that an expedition to the local Mongolian Barbecue was best left for tomorrow.

I've spent the last few hours working on the grand directory tree reorganization, re-organizing (but not yet editing) the OVFF recordings, and trying to pull together a setlist for Loscon. So I'm actually making some progress.