Now let me bore you with pictures of animals.
Panda area sans pandas at the National Zoo |
Near Elephant Yard at the National Zoo |
Meerkat at the National Zoo |
Meerkat at the National Zoo |
Apes at the National Zoo |
Tiger at the National Zoo |
Lions at the National Zoo |
Lion at the National Zoo |
using the timer on the camera at the National Zoo |
Red Panda at the National Zoo |
Finally!! An elephant at the National Zoo |
Elephant at the National Zoo |
posing with flamingos at the National Zoo |
I should mention that it took us almost as long to get home as it did to see the elephants. I have a problem with driving in DC. I was feeling pretty confident this day because the zoo is pretty easy to get in and out of. However......there was a road closure and a detour and before I knew it I was in a part of DC that I have never been to. As it is now rush hour the traffic has become even more frantic than usual making it even harder to figure out where I am going.
So I call my husband and say "I'm lost in DC and can you please look at a map and tell me how to get back to Constitution?"
"well, look for the Washington Monument, that will help get you oriented."
"if I could see the monument I wouldn't be calling for directions."
"ok, calm down. Tell me where you are?"
"I don't know where I am, that is why I am calling you."
"ok, what street are you on?"
"Calvert"
*pause*
"ok, I have found you, you need to turn on......"
"I'm not on that road anymore, I think I'm in Kalorama Heights"
"where is that?"
"I don't know, but I think that's where I am"
*pause*
"Ok, I see where you are. What street are you on?"
"I'm not there anymore. Now I'm in Dupont Circle but I can't get over to get on the road I need. I'll just circle around. *pause* This is my 14th time around and I still can't get over, I think I'll just take a side street."
*pause*
"where are you now?"
"don't know, still sitting here trying to get to the intersection so that I can see a sign."
"well, you need to go downhill, find a road that is going downhill and take it."
"they look flat to me."
"they aren't, find the one that is going downhill and go that direction."
"Since I don't carry marbles with me to drop out of the window to determine the slope of the road how exactly do you propose I figure that out?"
*pause*
"maybe you should find a place to pull over"
After another 45 minutes of this conversation he did in fact manage to guide me back to an area I was familiar with and we made it out of the city and home again.
This is why my husband doesn't like answering his phone when I call. This is also why one of my New Year's Resolutions will be to figure out how to drive in DC.
'til next time...
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