Usually we come home after camp and hang around until Vera takes her second nap. I figured why not do something outside and fun then Vera would really nap (albeit a little later) and Jonah could just chill a bit until the late afternoon routine commenced.
Our destination: Fort Bayard Park (see other info here)
I especially like that it has a bit of historical value. Wikipedia tells us that:
Fort Bayard was an earthwork fort constructed in 1861 northwest of Tenleytown in the District of Columbia as part of the defenses of Washington, D.C. during the American Civil War. It never faced major opposition during the conflict and was decommissioned following the surrender of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Named after Brigadier General George Dashiell Bayard, who was killed at the Battle of Fredericksburg, the site of the fort is in Boundary Park, located at the intersection of River Road and Western Avenue NW in Washington, D.C.
That is kinda cool. There is no Fort standing today and there is a whole history about the ownership of the land, etc. - check out the Wikipedia site for the info. What is there today is a very cute "tot lot" that has a nice amount of shade - which is key in this Washington, DC summer that we are having these days!
There is a climbing structure with slides, baby swings, a sand box, and a ton of little "vehicles" for the kids to play with that people have left there - including one of those little "roller coaster" things. It is an enclosed lot that is in the middle of a huge green area. There are some picnic tables and bench seating and lots of shady trees.
There were only two other kids there when we were there. Jonah & Vera had a blast! It is about 1.5 miles from us, so I think we will go back. And Vera took a nice nap when we got home and Jonah chilled out - so I guess the plan worked...
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