We took Manny to the San Francisco Zoo on Sunday, and to be quite honest, once you've been to the San Diego Zoo, nothing compares. Luckily, Manny didn't notice the difference.

All of the exhibits look run down. The animals look sad. There are several exhibits that were closed, boards covering broken windows. The entire elephant exhibit is closed. The playground is old and broken as well. I really hope that they get the money to fix things up. It's such a shame that things have gotten so bad.

The weather was really bad as well, it was about 56 degrees, and overcast. If I hadn't known better, I would have thought it was November, not August. I was so cold, that I had to buy a scarf when we got there. Christian was bundled up in his beanie, long sleeve shirt, and sweater.

On the upside, Manny had a blast! He was in 5th gear the moment we stepped onto the grounds. He kept saying, "run Daddy, run!" At the rate we were going, we were sure that we would see everything in about 2 hours. Lucky for us, about an hour after we got there, he started to slow down. What was unlucky, was that the more tired he got, the crankier he got. The countdown to a melt down started shortly after we ate lunch.

We saw monkeys, gorillas, tigers, lions, giraffes and zebras. My favorite animal that we saw was this little monkey that had a mustache like Yosemite Sam. He was so cute! There was a sign out in front of the exhibit that said loud noises made them shy, but I don't think that rule applied to these little guys.

There was one monkey (if that's in fact what they are, there wasn't any information about them posted anywhere) that was really curious. John was trying to get a good picture, and needed to use his hat to block the glare of the window. Once John put his hat near the glass, the little guy was so curious, that he pressed his face against the glass.

All in all it was a great day. We ended up leaving around 1:30 p.m. Manny was starting to get cranky (and so was I for that matter). Luckily we only live about 15 minutes from the zoo, so we can go back any time.