Hello Everyone! Our second full day in DC we headed to the National Zoo, it involved navigating the Metro, riding up the LONGEST escalator I have ever seen and a bit of walk to get there, but it had just opened and wasn't very crowded, which made for optimal Panda Viewing :) There are 3 habitats, the first Panda was sleeping contentedly in a cave, the second chowing down on some Bamboo and the third was snuggled up as well. After checking out the Pandas the fist time around we saw the cool inhabitants of the bird house, then headed to see the other critter on the Asia trail, despite their name the Sloth Bears were quite active and entertaining- they were fluffy and kind of reminded me of Julie's dog Essie. We saw adorable red Pandas and the Beautiful Clouded Leopard. although we tried twice to see the fishing cat he was hiding very well and we never did spot him. Next we ate Lunch at the Panda Cafe' and were surprised to find the BEST view of the Giant Panda's we could see them walking around and were quite close. While the Panda's were the star of the zoo we also thoroughly enjoyed the rest of the animals as well, we saw gorgeous Tigers, lions, a few varieties of crocodile, cute meercats, talented Orangutans, turtles, Giant fish, Elephants, hippos, a capybara, there were gross snakes and pretty frogs. We got David a Panda T-shirt, and I got a cool Panda bag. We were exhausted by the time we headed home and had a picnic in our hotel room once we finally got back. Sleep followed shortly after. Enjoy the Photos... I will post Part 4 as son as I can :)
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