Guides: Phil and Mary Hammond, Carol Herwig
Once considered suburbs of DC, Hillcrest and Penn Branch are neighborhoods of large lots settled on rolling hills surrounded by mature trees, parks and green space. Overlooking the Capitol on the northwest and Oxon Run Valley, Maryland, on the southeast, we’ll walk through along main thoroughfares, in quiet residential areas and along a woodland border to see a several oak species, maples, elms, tulip poplars, holly, sweet gum and more.
When: Saturday, September 18, 2010
Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 am.
Where: Branch Avenue and Southern Avenue NE
Fee: Free
Questions: Carol Herwig, 202-349-11907, cherwig@caseytrees.org
This tour delivers the goods. Being raised just outside of washington d.c. (Bethesda), I've gone on innumerable DC sightseeing tours in my lifetime. Every time a family friend or relative visited from out of town meant another trip down to the Mall, another sightseeing tour. Monument tours, ghost tours, "Duck" tours, you name it I've done it. But out of all the DC tours I've been on this was one of the best. I went last weekend with my nieces and nephews on the Capitol Hill tour, which lasted a little over two hours. The tour guide was extremely knowledgeable of the historic sites and presented the information in a fun and lively manner. His enthusiam for the subject was infectious. He had my nieces and nephews in rapt atttention from start to finish. Highly recommend.