The day after we went to Baltimore, we decided to go to the National Zoo. It was the exact opposite weather wise. It was hot and humid. (OK, so I guess around here, it's always humid, but it was not cold and rainy this day!) We ended up driving down and parking there. We often take the Metro, but for their family, it was cheaper just to park for the day. I drove down there all by myself, and was very proud of myself.
Shortly after we arrived we had lunch.
After a fun little lunch, it was back to look at the animals. We spent a long time at the Great Cats. The lions were actually active that day. Plus, across from the one exhibit this little guy came along. I don't know what people thought who were not native to the area, and didn't recognized it as a common black snake, or if they thought that the snake exhibit was missing one of it's displays! Shortly, some people thought that they needed to pick it up, which was good in that it needed to be back in the wooded area as opposed to where tons of people were walking. But it was quite an ordeal.
(This was not when the lions were being active)
It was pretty warm that day, and the misters were a welcome sight. Olivia loved them, and could hardly be torn away.
We visited the great ape house, and it was, as usual, stinky. btw, these two guys are just best buddies. We miss having Dane close to us!
One solution to the hot weather when there was no mister near by? Take the ice pack out of the cooler, and put it on your head.
As an end of the day treat, we got those frozen lemonades. Everyone enjoyed having them.
Olivia loved the zoo, and had such a good time pointing at all of the animals.
After two long days in a row, we took a tiny break, and ended up just hanging out at Grandma's house the rest of the week. We had a BBQ on Saturday afternoon with everyone there. The following week we went down to DC on Monday. We did end up taking the Metro that day, because parking is really no fun down by the Mall. We spent the whole day looking at the Natural History Museum. Dave and Jonna and family went down the next day as well to do some of the other museums, but we opted out of it. We did get to hang out with them at Grandma's house again before they left on Friday morning. It was one of our best experiences with having cousins here, and I think that's because Nate and Dane were such great buddies. Next summer we don't have any firm plans yet, so I'm thinking we need to drive to Kansas City to visit them next!
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