Zoo-tastic

Last Saturday we battled 524,238,009,188,533 other drivers to visit the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C.

No animals were harmed in the taking of this photograph.

This is a red panda, and completely adorable.
The line to the viewing areafor the giant pandas was like 2 miles long.

Parker and some random kid who wanted his picture taken.

Parker insists that this is the "real" Toucan Sam.

"Do these feathers make my butt look big?"

"HEY MOM! MOM! LOOK AT THIS! MOM, DID YOU SEE IT? MOM, MOM!"
If you are a kid, nothing is worth seeing unless you also get your mom to look at it, too.

Yes, Parker would have made an excellent meal for a young cheetah.

Parker's favorite.

That rock looks very menacing.