On Monday we went to the national zoo, to see the orangutan research demonstration, where they had an orangutan tap 3 pictures on a touchscreen and if he did them in the right order he was given a grape(picture group 1). They then did the same thing again, but this time the pictures had dots with the first picture having the most dots and the last one having the least. The objective was to see if the pattern of greatest to least would be learnt more quickly than the abstract order of the photos. After the demonstration, we watched the Orangutans, but all they did was eat popcorn that was dispersed throught their enclosure (it was a nice enclosure, and they could choose between two of them every day.)

Yesterday we left the hotel (back to camping in our trailer) (picture group 2) we then went to the smithsonian building museum (picture group 3 top left, only one section allowed pictures(lego section)). We then went to Georgetown (picture group 3,others) and took a boat tour (picture groups 4,5), while it was, unfortunately raining but the boat thankfully had a roof. After the tour, we went back to the campsite (no more hotel) :(

Yesterday the power went out in the hotel (even though it had power during the storm) on a day that, according to the news, broke 1000+ records for high temperature, including our hotel area (washington dc) and they declared a state of emergency. We survived (staying in the hotel all day), and just before we went to bed, the power came back on.

Today we swam in the hotel pool (which was closed the previous day due to the power outage) then took the metro to georgetown where we ate dinner. while waiting for a boat tour, we ran through a fountain (as many other kids were doing, picture below). When the boat finally arrived, it turned out they only took cash (not credit cards), so we took a bus and the metro to the hotel.