Theodore Roosevelt Island

It’s an unusual thing to have an island in the middle of the urban jungle. We try to visit Theodore Roosevelt island at least once every season, but usually more. So before all of the leaves fell off the trees we thought we would take a ride there. From northern Virginia you have to travel down the GW Parkway to Arlington Cemetery only to circle back in the same direction we came to make the only turn off to the island. It’s convoluted but it is the only way to get there. I think we missed most of the color, but the walk across the footbridge over the Potomac River to the island is always a pleasant one. We take our usual walking path route and ran into a couple of tour groups. You can see the Kennedy center from one side and Arlington/Clerendon on the other. We stumbled across several Osage oranges. They look like little green brains and could really cause damage if they fell on your head. I like the option to look things up from the photo stream since it is getting harder to remember names of things. At the end of the walk we usually visit the Roosevelt Statue in the center. On this day the sun was brilliant as was the shadow cast against the backdrop. The unfilled fountain and park still looks lovely in the middle of nowhere. The one drawback is the constant air traffic overhead flying to and from Reagan airport. It reminds you that you really are still in the jungle.