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Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Yards Park and the Anacostia River Views
Every once in a while we head south towards Yards Park, Navy Yard, and the Anacostia River for our morning walk. This time was because we needed to stop at the new Whole Foods store to pick up some lettuce and odds and ends. When we moved here twelve years ago, none of it existed except for the Department of Transportation and one Marriott Hotel. Nationals Park soon followed. The construction is mind boggling and it will become one of the must populated neighborhoods in DC. So we reached the Anacostia and saw all the pop art presidents portraits on one of the restaurant walls. The sun was in just the right spot - the river was sparkling and shimmering on a crisp clear day. The seagulls were hanging around the dock where a navy battleship used to moor. I had never noticed the sign by each of the manhole covers - “confined space entry by permit only.” Someone obviously tried to get into one so now we all need reminders. A rainbow was reflected on the gravel cement path and our shadows looked as interesting there as well as on the river by the tunnel. Passing the baseball stadium the construction was suspiciously quiet because of the holiday but the cranes were moving at a brisk pace overhead. My husband says whenever he walks this way it feels like “our” neighborhood compared to the National Mall that is “everyone’s” neighborhood. I suppose you could look at it that way. And it keeps getting better.
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