Yeah, but they make you register for the Capitol Tours now, and they stopped the White House tours altogether.
Are you saying you have to register for the Capitol Tour in order to visit the zoo?
The SD Zoo is on a plane of its own. We didn’t have unlimited time when we went there, but it was still a wonderful experience. Because of our time limitation, we decided to take the tram ride first and go from there. Even without any ulteriour purpose of orienting ourselves, the tour was marvelous because you didn’t merely see where such and such animal is exhibited, but you could usually see the animal in question quite well.
I think he’s just griping that you have to register for the Capitol tour, not relating it to the zoo.
It’s a joke, see. The “zoo in Washington” is the Capitol.
Re: the San Diego Zoo/prices–I think buying a membership is worth considering for two or more people, as you get a couple of free passes and other discounts with the package.
I grew up going to the SD Zoo, I have lots of great memories there. I even went to classes there in the summer. Getting to touch an echidna is pretty cool when you’re a little kid…getting peed on by one is even better! I miss not being able to “pet” the Galápagos tortoise; they used to stretch up as far as they could to get people to scratch their heads and necks.
I didn’t actually think people needed that one explained. Heh.
Sinaptics:
Does your local zoo offer an annual family membership? For the Bronx Zoo (whose membership also includes the New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo and Queens Zoo), the cost of yearly family membership is easily justified by just two visits a year.
You might also want to look into AZA reciprocal membership (warning: PDF file), if your local zoo participates.
What the hell kind of shitty zoo only has elephants and donkeys?
Vinyl turnip:
Don’t be silly, it also has fat cats, lame ducks, and yellow dogs, and I’m sure there must be a pen full of pigs from which they get all the pork in their bills.
Eugene McCarthy was way ahead of you.His book even includes illustrations of the Qualm, the Budgetary Shortfall, the Viable Alternative, the Impressive Mandate, and, my favorite animal, the Staggering Deficit.