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Aloha! Hotel #3

April 28, 2015

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In the final hotel of the stay. Not as nice but it's the work hotel so I accept it.

I miss the other view but this works!

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Veterans Memorial Park - Wichita

Veterans Memorial Park is located along the Arkansas River, a short walk from downtown. A combination of biking and walking paths lead around memorials from WWI to Operation Freedom. Below Operation Freedom.
The USS Dorado was hit by friendly fire during WWII in the Caribbean Sea. The sub has never been found. http://www.ussdorado.com/history.html
Korean War Memorial
This is the outline of the USS Wichita. The ship was launched in 1937 and served in WWII, earning 13 battle stars. The ship was the first named after Wichita, Kansas and after 10 years of service was decommissioned and turned into scrap metal. http://navysite.de/ca/ca45.htm

Memorial to the US Merchant Marines

San Diego Zoo - Sunrise Surprise Stroll

A few times a month, the San Diego Zoo offers a Surprise Sunrise Stroll. It's $29 and does not include admission to the zoo afterwards so you have to buy two tickets. You get to go behind the scenes and meet with the keepers. It's a surprise because you won't know what you get until that morning when you're assembled inside and the reveal is done.

This was the first time I'd ever done this and it wasn't exactly what I was expecting. I thought 90 minute stroll would be 90 minutes of mostly walking and exercise but it was mostly standing around and a short walk between the encounters. Based on this day, very light activity.

Stop one was behind the scenes of the reptile house. We had a good show and tell with a keeper and this was informative and interesting.
After that we headed over to penguins but the sun was out and the flamingos were looking good so we stopped for a photo op
We were taken in small groups behind the scenes of the penguins at the new Africa R…

Seoul 4 - View From the Tower

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