2004 -- San Diego Wild Animal Park - An exclusive tour

The fun never ends...we had a back door pass to the Infant Isolation Unit at San Diego Wild Animal Park. This is where injured baby animals are brought for medical attention and recovery.

Gulam ;) gets his ear licked, shoes nibbled on and licked by some very exotic goats! His girlfriend got a little jealous (just kidding).

Aram;) just stood back in the shadows and allowed Gulam ;) to have experience to remember.

After the Infant Isolation Unit, a tour of the Wild Animal Park was in order --- we saw lots of beautiful animals...and then it was time to go home. But someone lost their backpack and it had all his spending money in it!

What to do? Gulam and Aram frantically searched all the places they were at to no avail! Finally, they had a brilliant idea: "Let's check the Lost and Found", said Aram ;), but alas it was not there. Demoralized, they decided to try one last place, the ice cream stand --- where only hours ago they were happily enjoying ice cream. The Gods were smiling for sure enough the backpack was found by the ice cream stand attendent and he was hoping we would return! A happy ending to a long and great day!

A fun adventure at the San Diego Animal Park begins... 

Gulam poses for a picture at the entrance to the Lion Camp -- new lions recently arrived from Africa -- pls note Aram's expert photography skills ;) 

Gulam ;) finally gets over his fear and joins Aram :) in playing with the deer. 

Gulam ;) searches his mind for a way to get the deer off his shoes. 

Gulam ;), the more cowardly of the two stood back letting Aram ;) bask in the limelight. 

Summer 2004 -- Pools, Pizza and Fun!!

Yes, we've been horrible -- It's Apr 2005 and we're finally writing our blog! No worries, we've been having fun and no time to write.

One of our fun adventures was a pool party with cool stream machines and even cooler floating chairs. Now, this just resulted in one long water fight and we're still not sure who won - Aram or Gulam!

Now it was time for nourishment. If you didn't know, Aram (the big brother ;) ) loves PIZZA! So, of course, Gulam trying to make a good impression cooks a pizza with Aram! It was delicious! And from this day forth -- pizza is the food of choice for these two brothers -- after Cold Stone creamed ice, of course.

Gulam ;) admits defeat to Aram and calmly walks out of the pool, his spirit crushed. 

Gulam's "gunboat" frantically searches for Aram ;) who is submerged in the deep end. 

Aram ;) humbly declines Gulam's ;) offer to take the first bite... 

Chow down, man -- Gulam ;) digs in! 

Gulam ;) gets ready for the pizza of his life!