Well, the headline is a little misleading... We just went to the National Arboretum together yesterday. I try to take Romeo every couple of months. It's not too far from here. He can smell so many amazing things!--which is his favorite thing to do in all the world. We often encounter other dogs, which gives him more practice in the arena of social skills. It's also a good walk for me, a chance to practice and grow my tree, flower, plant identification accuracy. Oh, and did I mention that it's free?
We always start our adventure in the area of the 50 state trees. This is a place to piss and shit around and get all of that out of someone's system before we proceed. Here is the stand of White Pines that honor Maine.
I took Romeo in the shaded center in hopes of getting a good photo....
But he just kept looking off into the direction of what he knew was going to be the heart of our explorations. I love how he knows this place well enough to know what to expect and what he wants. I love this kid so much.
Our next stop was an area given over to replicating the tall-grass prairies. There was a wonderful view of the Capitol Columns monument from there, too.
Berries and flowers to taste and enjoy. Then on to the woods!
From this point the entrance starts on a bridge.
It wasn't that hot. I think he was just panting out of sheer excitement! What a boy.
Roots that resemble antlers...way cool, right?
Such a beautiful iridescent dragonfly.
I relented at let my boy wade in the water.... There were lots of frog calls, turtle sightings and so I thought it was safe enough.
Ouch! A problem? And later (below) we saw the source. A fallen tree from the many violent storms of this atypically wet summer.
This area of the National Arboretum is called "Fern Valley" after all!
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