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Roosevelt Island, June 18

Roosevelt Island Plane

Roosevelt Island is directly under the flight path for National Airport.

I took Bryan to Roosevelt Island for his first time. The island is one of my favorite things about DC. It’s a different place each time I visit, it gives me a nature fix that is very close to home, sometimes I get to see deer, and it honors one of my favorite heroes. We walked all along the perimeter of the island and then to the monument in the middle.

Roosevelt Island Butterfly
Photo by Bryan Smith

The deer kept themselves hidden this time, but we still got to see lots of zebra swallowtail butterflies (though none were cooperative about being photographed), dragonflies, birds, lizards, fish, and flowers. The entire photo set can be viewed on Flickr.

Roosevelt Statue on Roosevelt Island

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