October 5, 2003 - Great Expectations

Erin's first few hotel stays were all at the same place, the Animal Kingdom Lodge at Disney World. We always tried to get rooms with what they called "Savannah Views" so we could see the animals from our balcony. It was quite an experience, and we loved seeing what wandered by our window each day. Erin, however, really came to think this was the norm for hotels.  The first time we went to a different hotel (which happened to be in downtown Washingnton, D.C.), she ran to the window, threw back the curtains, and turned around to face us, quite confused, to ask, "Where are the animals?"  Well, this was D.C.  There's a whole other kind of animal here, baby.