Trip to the Zoo

When our family took went to the temple it was an interesting experience. The temple itself was great, it was everything else that wasn't so great. M got sick on the way up and threw up in the van, at the hotel, at the temple, the van again on the way home and didn't get better until the next morning at home. We must thank my sister who was a lifesaver. She took care of the kids while we were in the temple and was a big help while M was sick. We did get to go to the zoo, however it too was somewhat disappointing. What we didn't know was that many of the good exibits close at 4:00 and we didn't get to the zoo until after 3:00 thanks to mapquest and its terrible directions to the zoo. Lets just say that driving through D.C. by going through crowded neighbor hoods was not fun. So, because of our late start we missed the big cats, the rhino, the monkeys, the reptiles and others. There was one good part about zoo however. There was this seal that took a liking to M. There were a whole lot of people around but he or she (I am not sure what gender the seal was) for some reason decided to do some tricks for M. I am not the greatest cameraman so please excuse the shakyness, but it really was cool. You also have to put up with the cheesy clapping, "oooooooh's" and baby talk. But it really was pretty cool.