Decided we would do a little urban hiking and visit the Cherry Blossoms at the Tidal Basin in Washington DC. 24 March 2016 was predicted to be the peak and it looks like the guessers came pretty close. The weather was beautiful and the blossoms looked great. We took a bunch of photos along the way from the Metro at Washington Reagan National Airport to the Smithsonian stop and our “hike” around the Tidal Basin. On our way around, we stopped at the Japanese Stone Lantern Plaza, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, and the Jefferson Memorial. I was most moved by the FDR Memorial and it’s definitely worth the walk off the main drag to see that one.
The walking distance from the Smithsonian Metro stop to the Tidal Basin, counterclockwise around the Basin, and back is 3.5 miles. There were a bunch of people there and more were piling out of the metro when we left at noon. Made for a great morning walk after we dropped our son off at the airport to go to Japan. Although there are no Yeti here, you should beware of them anyway!!
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