Oh we had a good time at the National Zoo today! And (when will I learn?!) I spoke too soon. It snowed here today...not NH snow, but VA snow, much prettier and much less inconvenient!!! There were a few other brave souls at the Zoo besides ourselves, but not many. The plus side is that there were no lines for the bathrooms! The kids really enjoyed themselves. Annie absolutely loved the elephants. We had to keep going back to retrieve her from the elephant room. The elephants were inside when we saw them, and the young elephant was so funny to watch. He was acting just like my boys do!! Playing and roughhousing and going from one thing to the next. At one point he got his leg stuck inside a hanging tire...he was able to free himself...I guess he does that all the time. He was quite entertaining!
I loved the pandas and all the boys liked the big cats. The male lion was grumbling and growling and roaring all day....scary!!! We didn't get to see the new baby gorilla, but the orangutans were charming! One of them was playing in a bucket of suds, and, of course, licking the suds off his hand...again like my kids....hmmmm, should I be worried?
Riding the Metro was an interesting experience. It's actually pretty easy to figure out. I got a bit motion sick on the way to the Zoo (so many stops and starts - ugh), but I was fine on the way home. There's much more walking to do in a city to get from place to place, even with public transportation, than at home where we drive from our driveway to the parking lot of where we want to be. We have it much easier, but the walking is so much better for us.
We didn't get to the basilica today...maybe later this week.
Still having a great time!
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