Saturday, March 30, 2013
What comes to mind when you hear the word spring? For me it’s playing in a park or having a picnic or possibly cooking out with friends and family. I took a short ride over to Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners to spend a few hours in the sun, taking photos for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Saturday was the first time in weeks that temperatures climbed over 70 degrees and people were ready. Hundreds of children and families marked out their territory for picnics and barbeques along the main open space in the park. Children played on the playground and sat on the rocks by the Chattahoochee River to soak up some sun.
Troy Marquez runs through Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners as he launches his kite into the air on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Daniel Ghazban (center) eats a strawberry as his family and friends have a picnic at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Felipe Leive (right) and Reyes Rizo place vegetables on a grill while Erika Becerril holds Gael Matul as she eats a taco at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Nona Ghazban (right) helps her son Daniel fix a plate of food as friends and family picnic at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Oscar Hernandez (right) watches as Randy Renbarger (left) and his daughter Rachel (center) hold a kayak steady for his wife Jill while she puts on her life jacket before they paddle on the Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Jesus Melendez plays the guitar for a group of parishioners from New Jerusalem Church after a river baptism ceremony at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Octavio Escobedo (left) turns chicken on the grill as Brandon Perez holds a tray of meat at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
Troy Marquez runs through Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners as he launches his kite into the air on Saturday, March 30, 2013.
A fisherman casts his rod into the Chattahoochee River at Jones Bridge Park in Peachtree Corners on Saturday, March 30, 2013.