A Day at the Zoo (well, 2 hours)

Good day today, went to the Zoo. The National Zoo, to be exact. Course, that’s not “our” nation, but hey when in DC…

Spent 2 hours there, saw many – you guessed it – animals. Some unique to this visit, like a Panda (Mare was very happy):

Also got close to a gorilla – very cool:

Oh, and we went to the Iwo Jima Memorial as well. Had no idea it was so big – 30 ft. figures holding a 60 ft. flag up on a 10 ft. pedestal. Very impressive:

For those of you that are wondering, Jeff and I were at the protest yesterday. Was amazing to see, and we’ll probably never experience anything like that again. Lots of pictures of that too, will show them off when we get back.

Jeff is back home again. The boy drove 7 HOURS each way to come visit. Hats off to him – he says he had a great time, but 7 HOURS? Wow is all I can say. Thanks again, Jeff, was a blast.

Heading home tomorrow, should be home by midnight. No, really … ;).