Spring Is In The Air

The day after Jason and I got to DC we went to see the Cherry Blossoms in the tide pool downtown. We have been in DC in the spring a few times and always manage to miss seeing this beautiful gift from the Japanese in full bloom. Well, this year we were in luck. We arrived on Monday March 30 to find out that the projected peak bloom for the blossoms this year would be on Tuesday March 31. Yeehaw! I was going to see some Cherry Blossoms! Barb took us into DC to apply for our Chinese Visas and was nice enough to bold the mad DC traffic so that we could be dropped off near the blossoms. There were people with cameras everywhere trying to get their fix of the blossoms before they dropped and I was not going to be any different. It is quite a phemonemon though, if you think about it, that all these people come to check out trees. Anyhow, it turned out to be a gorgeous spring day and we enjoyed a nice slow-paced walk around the basin. After the long week of moving behind us, it was really nice to relax in the new spring air and in the shade of the Cherry Blossoms.

Link to pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/beccajulia/CherryBlossomFestival#