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2 nights/3 days near Washington D.C. with 9 nights at the Borgata thrown in: Review of National Zoo and Brookside Gardens

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  Brookside Gardens, Maryland  As our (my wife and myself) 2 week stay at the excellent Homewood Suites in Lansdale, Pennsylvania was coming to a close, we needed to pick a new place to live for the next week and a half.  For that purpose, we chose our usual go-to place, the Borgata Hotel & Resort in Atlantic City .   By then, the Borgata had become one of our second homes, visiting there often whenever we needed a place to stay for few nights.  Thanks to my Gold status with MGM Resorts , we often get up to 3 comped nights just about any day of the week.   We knew we needed to stay there for a total of 9 nights, so that required some mental gymnastics to get that done.  We booked the first 5 nights (Sunday through Friday) at the MGM Tower at the Borgata with 3 comped (free) nights, and for the other 2 nights, we paid roughly $100 per night.   We wanted to stay there for those 9 nights straight but unfortunately, we weren’t able to do that...