Roosevelt Island

It sits in the middle of the urban jungle - between Arlington and DC. Theodore Roosevelt island is an interesting and unexpected place to visit just across the river from the Kennedy Center and Georgetown on one side, and downtown Arlington on the other. It’s a tricky turnoff coming from our northern Virginia direction. You need to drive all the way down to Arlington Memorial Bridge, then circle back on to the GW Parkway - making sure you don’t miss the exit and not crash in to the merging cars quickly coming from DC. We like to visit every so many months to see how things change from season to season. And during the week it is much easier to park and navigate. Things still looked quite like winter last week. It was a bit overcast and cool. But the Potomac river was quite calm and the reflections of the surroundings were lovely. We usually take the same route - across the bridge and all the way around the perimeter - crossing over the planks - many recently repaired - around the bog like setting. The ducks always seem to find places to nest there. It seems odd to view the Kennedy Center from the natural environment. It was a rather sparse day for visitors which I don’t mind. We came upon our first daffodil blossoms right by the pedestrian bridge. Then we made the last bit of walk over to the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial statue. Not having made quite the two mile trek we like to take we walked a bit further along the GW walkway that eventually takes you all the way to Mount Vernon. Maybe one of these days we will start the walk there and see how far we get.