Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Lakeshore & The Oakland Rose Garden

On Monday we went to Lakeshore, just a short walk from Lake Merritt. I had been to Lakeshore before so it wasn't new to me. In a way it reminded me of East Oakland more than any other place that we have visited. There were all different kinds of people and of all different ages. The stores were also very familiar. There was even a Footlocker. It was actually really clean too. There wasnt a lot of garbage laying around and there were so many trees.


When we were walking around we walked towards the theater and I saw that right by the freeway there was like a little plaza. It was really nice, it had really tall palm trees and smaller trees with lots of shade. It even had a small fountain in the middle with benches. It looked like nothing you would find in East Oakland. Even around the sidewalks you would see alot of trees planted to make it look nicer.


After Lakeshore we walked a couple blocks and we went to the Oakland Rose Garden. On our way there we saw a house with really cool sculpture made of rocks. They were all inside the fence that was also made of rocks. We actually met the artist and got to talk to him there. He had a cactus made of rocks and some really big tall flowers.


The best part of the trip was the rose garden. It was really nice. I had been to a rose garden before, I think that it was the one in Berkely but this one was much nicer. There were so many roses and a pool in the middle. It also had a fountain that ran down a hill with stairs at each side but it was under construction. It was nice to walk around a see all the different types of roses. The one that I liked the most was a rose that was kinda yellow but it had specks of red. I had never before in my life seen a rose like that.

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