Adventures at the Zoo

So, Jake and I recently (last week) went to the National zoo. We went at the end of the day and had planned about 2 hours which isn't much but we went after work. We got there ok but shortly after that the adventures began. I had been wearing my heels all day at work so Jake brought me a pair of flip flops to walk around in. I only had them on my feet 5 minutes when they broke and I was forced back into my heels. It was ok at first but the zoo isn't flat. It's a series of hills. My feet and back started hurting pretty quickly.

We first saw a couple of empty cages and then we saw a fishing cat. ( Insert imaginary picture here. We accidentally forgot the camera.) It looked like a regular cat but it ate fish and hunted or caught them out of the water. It was pretty cool. They had a pond in the cage that simulated a stream or creek and there were goldfish (the bigger ones) and other medium sized fish that the cat would catch and eat.

The next impressionable thing we saw was a red panda bears. They were little lemur looking things that had the face of a bear but crawled around in the trees. The were really cute and I would have brought one home if I could.

Next was the main event. The panda bears!!!! Oh wait...where are they? Do you see them? Maybe over here. Nope. They had a huge habitat and they weren't even in it. I guess they were inside or something.

Well, at that point, we planned to go see the elephants and other animals but my feet and back were hurting so bad that we decided to go get dinner instead. We ate at a cute little Japanese restaurant that was set up café style and we were seated outside. The sushi was fabulous!! Then again, it's one of my favorite foods.

All in all it was a great night. Even though we only saw a couple animals. :-)