Bluebells!

Around the same time that people are flocking into DC to see the cherry blossoms, the bluebells are flowering in some of our local parks. We decided to forgo the crowds this year (we went to see some of the monuments last year when the cherry blossoms were starting to fade) and enjoy a walk in the woods with the bluebells. We found a special bluebell path at Bull Run Regional Park and enjoyed the flowers, the Bull Run and Cub Run rivers, and the trees.

The initial path was a raised wooden walkway.

We found a flower we hadn't seen before called the spring beauty.

The bluebells were everywhere!

Shannon saw that the bluebells look more purple before they bloom.

Gorgeous trees

Thanks to this informational plaque we learned that we were in a floodplain forest and it's where bluebells and spring beauties grow. I had no idea that part of the park floods. We all learned something.