The all knowing weather people predicted that Saturday would show off the cherry blossoms at their peak so we decided to get up early and take our bikes into town to see for ourselves. We had friends who were there at sunrise and said the crowds were already out in full!
The earliest weekend Metro leaves at 7am so we hopped on with our bikes and got off at Waterfront. This is where we used to live and bike so it was great. Plenty of people already out snapping photos and taking in the scenery around the tidal basin so we took our time before riding over to Hains Point to bike a few loops and get some good mileage in.
We then headed around the monuments and into the city for the Cherry Blossom parade. We pretended for a moment that maybe the parade was about us!
We stopped at a Dunkin' Donuts stand where they giving out free donut holes and small iced coffee samples. Yummy!
We locked up our bikes to this tree and planted ourselves on a cement…well, planter to enjoy the parade.
One thing we have noticed about DC parades is that there are incredibly long breaks between different performers. Like 10-15 minutes. So we'd had our fill of bands and balloons so headed back out to just enjoy the ride. We stopped to enjoy a little underpass graffiti then headed to the Navy Yard area.
It was a perfect day for riding. In the 70's, sunny and definitely spring-like. We wrapped up by riding into Anacostia then jumped on the Metro there.
Our first long bike of the season. About 5 hours worth….but a lovely way to get a good work out and enjoy some fun along the way!
2 comments:
Is there air thick with the smell of the blossoms? I can only imagine.
Not really. I haven't noticed that at all.
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