{"id":244,"date":"2014-07-13T21:02:30","date_gmt":"2014-07-13T21:02:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=244"},"modified":"2014-07-13T21:02:30","modified_gmt":"2014-07-13T21:02:30","slug":"fourth-of-july-at-the-national-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"Fourth of July at the National Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Friday morning we were up bright and early to head into the city &#8211; Washington, DC, seemed like a perfect place to spend Independence Day.\u00a0 Our original plan had been to head to the National Archives, where there were all sorts of activities scheduled to celebrate the day.\u00a0 As it turned out, though, it was supposed to be one of the prettiest days predicted weather wise while we were on our trip, so we decided to make it an outdoor day, &amp; headed to the zoo.\u00a0 Lindee was a whiz at reading the train maps, and got us to our destinations all week long with no trouble whatsoever.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure what setting my camera was on to take this bizarre shot of her and the girls heading through one of the train stations, but I thought it was actually kind of cool.<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-246\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"get-attachment\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment5-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Posing with what was surely my favorite statue in the zoo \ud83d\ude42<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"get-attachment\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment6-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And enjoying the carousel.\u00a0 What a special, special day&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"get-attachment\" width=\"980\" height=\"735\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7-690x517.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/get-attachment7-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 980px) 100vw, 980px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday morning we were up bright and early to head into the city &#8211; 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