We made it to DC without incident and stayed for two nights with Andrew's friend Mark and his wife Chelsea and the one night with Stephen and Angelica. On the 4th we had brunch with Andrew's cousin and then went to a 4th of July BBQ. We walked towards the Capitol building to see fireworks (without getting caught up in all the crowds). It was pretty cool to see them over the Capitol.
After the 4th we went to the Washington Zoo, which is amazingly free! The big attraction was definitely the pandas.
We saw some pretty cool other things, such as the cheetahs, who are apparently usually hiding.
Toucan Sam and several other birds, especially tropical ones from all over the world.
Including this baby desert owl that is only a few months old.
Even the lions were out and about!
The zoo had several species of monkeys as well, large and small! Pictured below are a small tree monkey, a large silverback gorilla and a baby one. There were several other monkey and ape species as well including the golden monkey from The Golden Compass, orangutans who could travel outside above zoo patrons on large rope "trees", lemurs, gibbons, and several small tree monkey species.
And for a final picture, there was an entire group of otters out sleeping and playing in their river in front of a crowd of people. They were pretty adorable.
Overall it was a great few days in Washington DC and hopefully we will be able to get back soon!
After the 4th we went to the Washington Zoo, which is amazingly free! The big attraction was definitely the pandas.
We saw some pretty cool other things, such as the cheetahs, who are apparently usually hiding.
Toucan Sam and several other birds, especially tropical ones from all over the world.
Including this baby desert owl that is only a few months old.
Even the lions were out and about!
The zoo had several species of monkeys as well, large and small! Pictured below are a small tree monkey, a large silverback gorilla and a baby one. There were several other monkey and ape species as well including the golden monkey from The Golden Compass, orangutans who could travel outside above zoo patrons on large rope "trees", lemurs, gibbons, and several small tree monkey species.
And for a final picture, there was an entire group of otters out sleeping and playing in their river in front of a crowd of people. They were pretty adorable.
Overall it was a great few days in Washington DC and hopefully we will be able to get back soon!
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