Irvine Regional Park -- Day 4

On the fourth day we moved out of the hotel in Costa Mesa, met up with Kim, Wil, & Jamie at Irvine Regional Park, and then stayed with them out in Rancho Santa Margarita for the remaining few days of our trip. We had a great day at the park barbequeing, going to the Orange County zoo, riding ponies & the train, and lots of holding hands!

Head Shots: Jamie
KimWilAt the zoo. Many of these pictures are through the fence, and if the animals are far enough away, I can blur out the fence and get the shot. This golden eagle was behind a fence, but you can see it just a little bit in this picture because it wasn't far enough away to blur it completely
The turkey vulture behind a fence
a peahen (female peacock)bald eagle
coyote behind a fenceblack bearblack bear behind a fence A mountain lion (cougar)Then it was off to the pony rides -- here's cowboy Jamie
Avery got to ride the black-ish colored pony, and she got to trot! She's sold on horses, and particularly loved getting to ride the "real black stylin' "
This is her rodeo queen wave -- foreshadowing?
Then we went on the train around the park