National Zoo
Washington, D.C.
April 16, 2005

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Gorilla
It was a beautiful day on Saturday, so we drove up to the National Zoo in Washington.  I had a lot of great memories of this zoo from growing up, and Greg had visted too.  But the National Zoo is just not what it used to be.  Probably 1/3 of the outdoor exhibits were completely closed, and those which did have animals had very few.  We were shocked at how FEW animals there were.  News reports have discussed serious problems at the Zoo, and this was evident during our visit.  We really hope that those in charge make whatever changes are necessary to bring the Zoo back to what we remember.

Hippo

Daddy & Michael with the elephants
(and Flat Stanley!)

Elephants

A mommy and baby elephant

Giraffe

Giraffe

Watching the otters

Watching the otters

Waching the otters

Am I tired or hollaring?

Lion

A swimming tiger

Tiger

Daddy & Michael
  

Michael mostly liked 
running up and down this ramp!