Day 60 - Visited the Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden

Driving along the Pacific right near Ocean Beach, you catch sight of a windmill poking above the western-most trees of Golden Gate Park. This is the Dutch Windmill, built in 1903 to irrigate the park with fresh water. It is no longer operational but a landmark in San Francisco.

Fittingly, the base of the windmill was nurtured into a tulip garden named after the queen that ruled the Netherlands for 58 years, from 1890-1948. The tulip garden blooms in the spring each year and I guess I was a bit early. The tulips were still closed, but the garden was bright with poppies and daffodils, though my photos don't do it justice.