Yards Park

The old Navy Yards are pretty near our Capitol Hill neighborhood.  The Yards have been turned into a community area with water play features for kids, a nice deck overlooking the Anacostia River, and a concert area with the river as background...it's sort of like Portland.  There's also a large covered area for events and grassy fields for play.  I took the picture above from the deck area and it shows how close the Park is to another favorite attraction---Nationals Stadium!  The baseball stadium is right there next door!

We went on Friday night.  There is a band every Friday night, with beer and wine sangria and other good stuff to eat, and a happy TGIF attitude in the air.  Louisa and I sat on the deck with Sophia while waiting for Griffin and Peter.  Here's my shot of Louisa:

Later, Louisa and Peter danced to a great band, with lots of "oldies.":

We had fun, and so we went again on Saturday for a community event that included free food, soda, and snocones.  There were toys for the kids, such as the one Griffin is playing with below.  You soak it in water and it splashes when you throw it.  Sophia is sitting on a kind of lily pad that is permanently installed.   The kids had a lot of fun playing in the water:

Good times at Yards Park.  Lots of pictures here.  I will want to know if there are too many and it slows things up.