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Hi Everyone

Recently I went on a sleepover at the San Diego Wild Animal Park in Southern 
California. It's a great place to visit and the sleepover is a wonderful 
experience for anyone, but especially for kids (age 8 and up accompanied by 
an adult). I was able to download the menu from their web site and after two 
e-mail attempts, was able to talk to the excutive chef - Casey. I  just wanted 
to know which of the menu items I could safely eat and asked about only 
those that I thought might be GF. She could not have been more friendly and 
willing to answer my questions. She even called back since when she checked 
on one item, she wasn't sure if one of the ingredients would be a problem. The 
serving staff was also alerted to my needs and went out of their way to show 
me what was GF and showed good awareness of cross contamination issues. 

I should add that I consider being GF my problem, not theirs. I explain I can 
bring supplemental food, ie my own cookies for the campfire activities, but 
don't want to not try new foods that might indeed be GF. I also don't even 
ask, in this instance, that they provide GF pancakes for me, but rather just 
eat those things that are already GF, in this case the eggs and sausage. I 
also carry nutrition bars with me so I always have something I can fall back 
on. In ten plus years I've only had one bad experience with this approach.

Speaking of GF pancakes, here in So. Calif. Trader Joe's has GF pancakes that 
are really good. They are in the same frozen food case with the waffles etc.

Pat

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