D.C. for the day!

Well Jordan wanted to get away for the day on Saturday, so he suggested the zoo. The D.C. zoo!! So we packed lunches and headed for a day trip. Well, may I suggest if anyone tries this let me make a suggestion: NEVER go on a Saturday, when it is 90+ degrees, and try to park in the zoo parking lot (as if one would think cars park there). I think there were at least 9 million people there enjoying the same idea. The heat was manageable with lots of water and shade. The worse part of the whole thing was the parking. Apparently only 50 cars can park in the lot, so you have to park on the street. Oh okay, well did I mention that we are in downtown D.C. on a Saturday!! We drove around for a hour looking for a spot on the street that was closer that 20 blocks away. Finally after some prayer (I was about to lay hands on the street), a woman (God bless you whoever you were) was leaving one block from the zoo. Praise Jesus!!! The kids had fun and were actually very good. The animals were great, especially the elephants and the hippo, but I was disappointed in no giraffes. And did I mention hero daddy who had to track down Mariah's lost blanket over a million square feet of zoo, and found it!! We did enjoy a getaway, but would love to go back on a weekday in cooler weather, and ride the metro. It was so hectic out that I had no time to take a picture (you know it had to be for me not to snap some quick shots), but I did manage to snap this one of the kids at the rest stop.