Posing
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We woke up to a snow covered vista this morning and got out of the house nice and early and up to the National Zoo to check out the wildlife. It was well worth it and although we had planned to spend an hour or two there we didn't leave until well in the afternoon. The star of the show was Tai Shan the two year old Giant Panda romping around in the snow, but there were loads of other good exhibits; check out the rest of the photographs on Flickr (just click on a picture in any posting). Some of the animals were in insufficient environments and others a day in the DC snow wasn't appealing, certainly the African exhibits. But there were also some excellent exhibits including the Amazon environment complete with steam room; sorry rain forest, fully equiped with hidden macaws and poison arrow frogs.

Despite the freezing weather we made it to the ball game.

Nats Vs Diamondbacks
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Having applied a little thought we bought a fleece throw to snuggle under and were relieved to see there were many duvets and blankets in evidence around the stadium.
As you can see we were seated right behind home plate which gave us an awesome view. Luckily there were also TV screens so we could keep track of the game and see why a strike had been given or not.
We picked up some of the rules and some of the tactics although a lot seemed to rest on whether you could hit the ball or not. The only downside of the evening was that we lost big time; our only score was a single, disputed, home run.