Went to see D.C.'s Cherry Blossom peak bloom today. Wonderful. Sunny 69 degrees.

[empedocles]

The entire area; many blooms, the Tidal Basin, Jefferson Memorial, the so green Mall [currently hosting giant [wheels with 5' diameters] ag vehicles, the museums.

A large area, but easy to get around in. Many bike and scooter rentals to use. The so convenient Circulator buses, $1 fare - masks required and enforced. [Argumentive senior couple objected. Driver blocked them, said, 'mask'! then he said 'NO!' . They complied].

The whole area, and waterfront, such a great symbol of our country.

[Felt so great to be there. So glad we got rid of trump et al, and get our country back!].

[Elwood P Dowd]

1. I lived and worked in the DC area for a couple of years in the early 1970s.

It's quite spectacular in late March and early April.

[empedocles]

4. Federal area, as beautiful as every

You would not believe how much the non Federal area has changed.

No more free parking on the Mall either. Pay parking, preferably by app. 3hr enforced limit. Much more crowded.

Across the river many dozens of new skyscrapers.

[Elwood P Dowd]

9. I've heard the stories about that, especially the traffic these days.

Traffic wasn't so bad back then (71-72).

[mahatmakanejeeves]

2. I thought about going. I've been cleaning up around the house all day.

It needed it too.

[empedocles]

5. Go. It may feel great.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

7. I'm still apprehensive of crowds and inattention to wearing a mask.

You know how it gets. Maybe tomorrow.

FLOWERS, TREES, WEATHER

It’s GO TIME! Peak Bloom Officially here

Prince Of Petworth Today at 2:55pm



photo by angela n.

From the National Mall NPS sums it up nicely:

“PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM! PEAK BLOOM!”

On the bright side, MeTV ran my favorite episode of "The Rifleman."

[smirkymonkey]

8. Thank you for the photo!

So beautiful! One of my favorite things about spring is the flowering trees.

It is still a little early for them here in Boston, but in another few weeks we should be seeing them. Unfortunately they don't last very long, but they are so beautiful while they are in bloom. We so need this right now. It has been a long, tough winter in many ways and the flowering trees always give one a sense of hope and renewal.

[empedocles]

11. Rain forecast for Wednesday & Thursday - that makes a difference.

Crowds wil be in Air & Space.

[RobinA]

16. Yes!

I accidentally hit the cherry blossoms one year when they were early (I was trying to avoid crowds). It snowed overnight and was quite chilly in the morning. No one was out so we decided to peek at the peak blossoms through the slush. Then the sun came out. We had about two hours of gorgeous, cool, sunny weather until people made it out the door and to the Tidal Basin. It was spectacular and calm. Unbelievable stroke of luck.

[empedocles]

17. Some years back. Blooms had started. Cold front. Saw little icicles on blooms at dawn.

[Beat the traffic]

[electric_blue68]

6. Ahhhhh... I Love the DC 💖 Cherry blossoms...

I've been to DC nearly 20xs from ?'72 - 2012 (Obama's 2nd Inauguration). Two of my earliest visits were to see The Cherry Blossoms, then museums.

About half for almost all pure fun (The Museums, etc), the others for Marches, and Demonstrations, and the 25th Anniv of The March on Washington.

Even going there for political statements I or we always made time to visit one museum.

I Love 💖 The National Mall. When I top the hill by the GW Monument, and see towards the Reflecting Pool, and the Lincoln Memorial. *Happy Sigh*. So beautiful!

Blow a kiss for me to the blossoms. 👍🙂

[empedocles]

10. Went to the National Gallery of Art. Lot of big names there.

We concentrated on the Impressionists.

[electric_blue68]

21. Love the Nat'l Gallery. Think we went there in '12. Love a lot of the impressionists.

[bottomofthehill]

12. Makes for a shit show trying to het home though.

I was looking forward to getting out of the office a little early. Independence ave was a show. I am not sure if it was due to the moronic truckers (who mostly don’t have big rigs, mostly pick ups and SUV’s) or the early bloom of the Cherry Blossoms. Either way, my 25 minutes was turned into an hour and fifteen. Mostly jammed up from AG to the Mandarin trying to figure a way on to 395.

[forthemiddle]

13. We will be there Friday!

Three years ago we missed peak by one week. I am so looking forward to it.

[Cha]

14. So beautiful and historic..

Thank you for sharing!

💙💛

[MiniMe]

15. I worked in DC for about 15 years, including during 9/11

Still live in the area, love this time of year

[kcr]

18. I've been thinking about going down

But worried about the convoy mucking it up. I haven't seen the blossoms in a few years.

[mnhtnbb]

19. They're really early this year!

Seeing the cherry blossoms was on my bucket list. Went up about 10 years ago in mid April at peak bloom. Just gorgeous.

[empedocles]

20. Over a week early, according to the website or WaPo - I don't recall which.