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Thursday, September 17, 2026

Summer Coaster Tour - Day 09 - Smithsonian Zoo and Pandas - 2026/05/29

Now that I've written up our 2023 Washington DC visit, and how much the kids loved the pandas, it's time to continue the 2026 writeup of our summer roller coaster tour, with stops along the way at lots of other fun sites. Fun sites in this case like... the Smithsonian National Zoo and their pandas! 

When we last left off, the pandas we'd seen in 2023 had been sent back to China. Over a year later, in late 2024, a new pair of pandas made their way back to Washington. It's been on our list of things to go see, and this provided the perfect opportunity!