Trip To The Zoo

What a day! Garren and I made our second trip to DC today to take Gracie to see the animals at the zoo. We were expecting a cool fall day...but then again we were expecting a lot of things.

Gracie didn't sleep well last night waking up every 2 hours or so and staying up at 6:45 am. I knew we couldn't make the trip unless Gracie got caught up on her sleep. Luckily I was able to get her down at 10 and she slept until noon. I wasn't sure how an afternoon trip would go, but we decided not to waste the opportunity and go anyway. After gassing up, stopping for lunch and the very long drive, not to mention the train ride and 10 minute hike--we were finally at the zoo. By now it is 3:30 and we are soaking wet from sweat. I had no idea it was going to be that hot! But, we were at the zoo and Gracie was very excited since pictures of Panda's were all over the place.

Now, before I get too far, I should mention that Gracie was very groggy in the car on the way to DC, and now she is starting to sound stuffed up. We have to decide--take her in, or turn around and leave. I figured that she could still get a lot out of the zoo, and it would be a shame to waste the whole trip, and we would monitor her and leave when we needed to.

Despite the onset of what was to become a cold, Gracie seemed to really enjoy the animals. We got to see all of her favorites from Tai Shan the baby Panda to the flamingos and many, many in between.

We didn't stay at the zoo long, about 2 hours. We noticed she was really flushed and getting too hot. Even without a cold it was far hotter than we thought it would be, and halfway through the bird house I had to pull her jeans and shoes off and put on a pair of shorts I had packed "just in case."

We did stop and get a very large lemonade too cool off and I found several reasonable souvenirs to commemorate the day before we headed home.

We got back to the apartment around 8 (after stopping to pick up some cold medicine, which we gave to her as soon as we got in the car), and we cuddled up-- and of course watched the race-- before our little panda fell sound asleep. All in all it was a pretty good day.

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**Picture is of Gracie on the bridge watching the ducks. Gracie loved the elephants, and flamingos and of course Tai Shan--I think she liked the horse the best though. She talked to all of the animals as we passed by each of them. She would wave and say "hello horse!" ***

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