Washington, DC: Day 3 - at the zoo

Day three was spent at the zoo. Apparently, Wednesday is bring your screaming children to the zoo day. I nearly had a meltdown when some kid was loudly smacking - pounding - on the meerkat glass. That was the tipping point, but was preceded by hours of shrill children. It kind of sets my skin on edge just thinking about it. I eventually calmed down after a sweet, well-behaved child (I had truly forgotten that they actually existed) offered me some unsolicited help finding a hidden chinchilla.

I have to say that, as an animal lover, I was very impressed with this zoo. They clearly put a lot of time and effort into making the animals as comfortable and sane as possible, very often to the inconvenience of the viewing public. There were plenty of places for the animals to hide from the sun and searching eyes of millions of visitors.

The zoo was pretty much all we were able to accomplish on Wednesday. We had an opportunity to catch up with an old friend for dinner - we took the Metro (more on the Metro in a different post) to Virginia. I realize that DC isn't actually a state, but it still amazed me to travel by subway all the way out of the city and into a different state. I'm easily amazed.