Jeffrey Adkisson

ZOO TRIP

4/12/16

First stop #lotsofwalking

D.C ZOO

The National Zoological Park is a part of the Smithsonian Institution, the world's largest museum and research complex. The Smithsonian includes 18 museums and galleries, as well as the National Zoo.

The first thing we saw was the Big Cats..Some people use the term "big cat" to refer to members of the Genus Panthera, while others use the term with much broader meaning. The group of big cats can also include the: tiger, lion, jaguar, leopard, cougar, cheetah, snow leopard, and clouded leopard. The big cats were really cool to look at, seeing the golden mane flow and bright colors of their coat.

Then a trip to the silly seals. Seals are group of marine mammals that live in various regions of the world. They can survive both in polar and in tropic water. Seals are divided in two families: one that includes seals with ears, like sea lion, and other that includes earless seals, like common seal. There are 33 species of seals in total. The seals were very Entertaining because they love the attention.

Lunch- At lunch we sat at a not so clean table next to the Great Ape Gallery. What I had for lunch was a turkey sandwich(homemade), chips, chewy Bar, and a water




Next we saw Gaint Pandas in the Gallery and outside.High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1,000 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild.  Gaint Pandas are so calm. Besides that Gaint Pandas is one of my FAVORITE mammals.






Finally the birds den. The Bird den was a place for birds to fly free and be safe but sometimes they can be to free (almost poo on me). I love birds because of the colors of there feathers and the songs they sing.

THE FINAL STOP

PEIRCE MILL.

This is the worst part of the journey. The Peirce Mill in rock creek park. From the zoo we took a brutal 30 to 35 min walk and once we got there it was pretty site to see, the walk was worth it. Isaac Peirce built Peirce Mill on Rock Creek in 1829. Using the moving water as a power source, the mill ground corn, wheat, and rye. Succeeding generations further developed the mill, sawmill, orchard, and tree nursery. Before the Civil War, slaves provided much of the labor on the 960 acre property. In 1890, an act of Congress incorporated the mill and 350 acres of the property into Rock Creek Park. The mill operated until the tubine's shaft broke in 1897. 

That not all we had to walk up this steep hill to get to Cleveland Park the next stop once you have gotten off on Woodley park/zoo/ Adams morgan. Then ME, David, Maize and Dakota realize it was one Big Circle. -_-