eisenhower park

I tried opening one of the doors. It was locked.

Some flowers. I feel like photographing flowers almost always have a good result :)

Unfortunately I didn't get any good shots of the memorials... They were really cool though!

The sunset as we took our last pictures.

After I got my mirror from Ikea a few weeks ago, Pramod saw that there was a park nearby. When we arrived, we saw that it was named Eisenhower Park. It's actually a whole lot of.... stuff in one. There's a golf course on one side of the park, a war memorial on the other side, a 9/11 memorial near the war memorial, and a lake near the memorials. When we were driving by (and be we I mean Pramod), we saw a tank as well. It's definitely one of the most interesting parks I've been in.

astoria park

When I saw Stephanie's post on Astoria Park, I knew I had to go there! I suggested it to Pramod, and so we went.

Lots of seagulls hanging around.

That's probably Manhattan, unless I'm wrong.

There's one part where you can walk near the river, but there isn't much space between the wall and the shore so it was a little scary. Especially since the rocks are slimy, so we didn't want to try stepping on them to go further down. And the smaller rocks... it's actually mostly glass.

Pramod thought I was taking my camera out to get a picture of the other bridge in the area, but instead I took a picture of "dead leaves."

Unfortunately it was a pretty cloudy day and it ended up raining on us. Nevertheless, it's a beautiful park and I'd love to go back on a sunnier day. I must admit it's a little weird to go to the same place someone else has blogged about. I suppose it's just the thought taking pictures of the same things or seeing the same things in the background, and being at the same place at a different time....

francis lewis park

It seems like Pramod and I are hanging out more often now, which is a really good thing! I haven't had a friend that I kept in touch with for so long. He's dubbed us as "park buddies," where we (he) drive around looking for new parks to explore, while catching up/ranting/talking smack about people.

He randomly texted me at work to hang out, so I wasn't prepared with my fancy DSLR. And I regret it, because this is the most beautiful park I've been to. So from now on, I'm carrying my DSLR with me everywhere.

Ducks and geese! I joked with James that a part of Canada came down here. Also, it's true that the geese in Canada are ferocious. My Canadian friends always joke about that, but it turns out it's true. While on one of my trips in Canada, James and I walked past a woman and she was telling her kid in the most serious tone ever, "The geese will bite you."

What's that?

Some other pier-like thing near the park, but it probably wasn't part of it. It was pretty scary actually, because the ground was super uneven and when we got to the end, the path literally just stopped. Being the baby I am, I promptly turned around and started walking back.

I will end this post with more geese, standing on one foot.