We're still waiting for approval to rent the home we applied for. In the meantime, our friends the Hoffmans invited us to come to the National Zoo with them this morning. I made at least three wrong turns driving into D.C., and another two wrong turns driving out of it, but we did manage to make it to the zoo.
I have to say, it was pretty cool to stand just a few yards away from some honest to goodness lions . . .
. . . but my favorite part of the zoo was the reptile house.
It was fun to look in the terrariums and see if I could spot the lizard, snake, or other creature housed therein.
Plus, I like turtles.
Anna's favorite creature in the zoo was the sand cat (shown here taking a sand cat nap), which inhabits the deserts of North Africa and Central Asia.
I think Joy's favorite part of the zoo was the bamboo shoot she used to whack every hard surface we encountered on the walk back to the car.
Speaking of wildlife, Marylanders are very fond of eating crabs, which are plentiful in the Chesapeake Bay just a few miles away. It's common to see cars with a crab-shaped sticker bearing the pattern of the Maryland state flag (which looks like a cool medieval crest). As I see that unique symbol of state pride over and over here, and think back on many signs I saw in Conway showing the shape of Arkansas or its flag, I wonder why I don't recall such expressions of state pride in California. Do they not take pride in their state, or do they assume that everyone already thinks California is awesome and they don't need to state the obvious?
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