I woke up this morning at 8:30 to a sharp pain in my hip bone. Sleeping on the floor on a tiny foam mat was a less than ideal situation, but there was nothing I could do about that. I got up and showered to wash off the smell and feel of travel from the day before. While we all were working on getting ready to go, we tried to decide what we were going to do with our day. My aunt, Leigh-Ann, put out the suggestion that we should go to the zoo. We all decided that that was a good idea, and since I had never been to a zoo before, I emphatically agreed. We all finished getting ready and we headed off into our next big adventure: the National Zoo.
We head towards the National Zoo, and my mom was driving. We were trying to figure out where we were supposed to go (because the signs and the GPS were unclear), and we realized that we had missed the turn to enter into the zoo parking lot. We went up the road a little ways and we flipped around. We arrived at the zoo parking lot, and we payed for parking. We drove into the lot and we realized... there were absolutely no parking places available! We kept looking around for some, but there were not any available.We got down to the end of that lot and we found a couple of available spots, so we backed into one, and we were in. We gathered our belongings and we were off.
We got up to the entrance of the zoo, and we decided that we should purchase a few maps of the park so that we could know where we were going. We talk to the park attendant about the shuttle service that is offered, and she told us that there was a shuttle that would take us up to the top of the hill, right next to the giant pandas. We decided that that would be the best option for us since we were lazy and tired and Leigh-Ann couldn't walk up the hill. We waited at the sidewalk where the shuttle would pick us up, and when the shuttle arrived, we hopped on and rode it to the top of the hill.
The first two exhibits that we visited were completely devoid of animals. The female panda was on pregnancy watch, so she was not able to come out, and the male was no where to be found. The next exhibit we attended was the wolf exhibit. There was no wolf to be seen, so we assumed that it had taken cover under the shade of the den that was created for it. We were beginning to become discouraged because we were 0 for 2 in the animal department. But we started getting lucky. After that, there were only a few exhibits in which there were no animals to be seen. Because of that, we got to see so many exotic animals, and we spent the entire day at the zoo. We were slightly upset because there were barely any available at the big cat exhibit. We did see 2 female lions in their pen, and there was a tiger asleep in its den, but those were the only cats that we got to see.
My favorite part was the small mammal house and the great ape house. I made a new friend at the big ape house and I got to see some big and small monkeys, which are my favorite animals. After we were finished at the zoo, we went home and went to dinner at this tex mex restaurant which was actually not bad. We went home and we all had a quiet evening. Tomorrow will be a busy day, but it will be fantastic as well.
We head towards the National Zoo, and my mom was driving. We were trying to figure out where we were supposed to go (because the signs and the GPS were unclear), and we realized that we had missed the turn to enter into the zoo parking lot. We went up the road a little ways and we flipped around. We arrived at the zoo parking lot, and we payed for parking. We drove into the lot and we realized... there were absolutely no parking places available! We kept looking around for some, but there were not any available.We got down to the end of that lot and we found a couple of available spots, so we backed into one, and we were in. We gathered our belongings and we were off.
We got up to the entrance of the zoo, and we decided that we should purchase a few maps of the park so that we could know where we were going. We talk to the park attendant about the shuttle service that is offered, and she told us that there was a shuttle that would take us up to the top of the hill, right next to the giant pandas. We decided that that would be the best option for us since we were lazy and tired and Leigh-Ann couldn't walk up the hill. We waited at the sidewalk where the shuttle would pick us up, and when the shuttle arrived, we hopped on and rode it to the top of the hill.
The first two exhibits that we visited were completely devoid of animals. The female panda was on pregnancy watch, so she was not able to come out, and the male was no where to be found. The next exhibit we attended was the wolf exhibit. There was no wolf to be seen, so we assumed that it had taken cover under the shade of the den that was created for it. We were beginning to become discouraged because we were 0 for 2 in the animal department. But we started getting lucky. After that, there were only a few exhibits in which there were no animals to be seen. Because of that, we got to see so many exotic animals, and we spent the entire day at the zoo. We were slightly upset because there were barely any available at the big cat exhibit. We did see 2 female lions in their pen, and there was a tiger asleep in its den, but those were the only cats that we got to see.
My favorite part was the small mammal house and the great ape house. I made a new friend at the big ape house and I got to see some big and small monkeys, which are my favorite animals. After we were finished at the zoo, we went home and went to dinner at this tex mex restaurant which was actually not bad. We went home and we all had a quiet evening. Tomorrow will be a busy day, but it will be fantastic as well.
We took 477 photos that day and you posted 5! I hope you add a photo album too. I know you will have so many more to share. I am so excited for you and know your adventure will be better than Alice's in Wonderland. Be safe and have fun. May God bless you on this journey.
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