Hakuna Matata!

Exhausted from unpacking, we take a break and pose for a photo in our Bethesda hotel room (The American Inn).

We couldn't decide if these were "Mongooses" or "Mongeese"

(Ray looked in the dictionary--it's Mongooses)

Striped bookends

A lilac-breasted something or other (roller?)

And now you know why you shouldn't jump into water to escape a tiger!