Lions and Tigers and Bears...Oh My!

One of the attractions that Charmaine wanted to see was the zoo in D.C., which was fine by us because we had never been there before. In fact, before her mentioning the zoo, I didn't even know there was one in D.C. So we loaded up the GPS with the directions of how to get there and headed off. Soon after getting there, we entered the zoo and made our way through. The pandas at the zoo are on loan from China at a cost of $10 million over 10 years expiring in 2010. Unfortunately, both pandas were sleeping when were there, but it was still cool to see them. There was no admission to get in the zoo, so we were thinking that it might not have as many exhibits. This was not the case. Because the zoo is classified as a national zoo, it was pretty big with lots of animals and different exhibits. We saw tigers, different birds, elephants, hippos (Cameron's favourite), different fish, a komodo dragon, seals, among several other animals. It was a day well spent. However one of the best attractions we saw wasn't one of the animals in the zoo, but this cool praying mantis we found on the railing of one of the exhibits.