Once Upon a Time I saw the cherry
blossoms in Washington, D.C.
The Jefferson Memorial March 30, 2008
(Photo by Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten)
The Jefferson Memorial
2008
"The Park is yours until 10:00
a.m.," a National Park ranger once told us. "That is when
the tourists come out."
Not
true for the Nation Mall today.
The Washington Monument
This weekend is the National
Cherry Blossom Parade and the D.C. Marathon,
This is tourist season in our
nation's capital. and the tourists here are thicker than
commercials on the shopping channel.
The Washington Monument March 30, 2008
(Photo by Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten)
Cherry Blossoms and
Forsythia at the Jefferson Memorial March 30, 2008
(Photo by Elizabeth Anne VanderPutten)
Cherry Blossoms Peak
The cherry blossoms peak today,
with the number of their petals exceeded only by the number of
tourist trying to view them,
Brisk
By 8:00 a.m., when we got to the
tidal basin and the Jefferson Memorial, the tourists were already
so thick that walking at 1-MPH was better than average.
