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CherryFloweretin Washington DC - Local Travel Tips Local Travel Tips Live like a local CherryFloweretin Washington DC April 18, 2018 Main navigation Home Locations Hawaii Washington DC Utah Oregon California Arizona Gallery Early April 2018, we took the flight from LAX to DCA, Washington DC for RWDevCon 2018, a priming for iOS developers. Luckily, we were right at the peak of the famous CherryFloweretin Washington DC that drew millions of people here every year! The spectacular CherryFlowerethad been on my checklist for a long time, and I was nervous when they predicted that the peak would be on March 27, well-nigh a week surpassing our arrival. However, due to the unprepossessed weather, the peak got elapsed until our first day of the trip so we were ones of those lucky unbearable to see the superstitious blossom! Washington DC Where to see Cherry Blossom? Late March to Early April is the weightier time to see CherryFloweretin Washington DC and you can see lots of cherry trees viridity withal the streets all over the city. However, the view would be increasingly spectacular near Tidal Basin, a man-made reservoir near the National Mall. There are well-nigh 3000 cherry trees, a souvenir from Tokyo in 1912 to Washington DC, and peak viridity is when 70% of the Yoshino variety blossoms are unshut on the cherry trees surrounding the Tidal Basin. CherryFloweretnear Washington Memorial Besides Tidal Basin, there are lots of cherry trees withal the streets virtually the Capital. You can find some varieties of the cherry trees like pink blossoms of Kwanzan trees lining the road withal the driving range in East Potomac Park, to white blossoms of Yoshino in Tidal Basin. CherryFloweretCherryFloweretin East Potomac Park Parking It was nearly untellable to find a parking spot in Washington DC. As residents from Southern California, we found it largest to have a car so we rented a car at the airport. Oh well, it was a big mistake! Driving from Alexandria took us well-nigh 30 minutes to DC, well-nigh the same time with the Metro. In addition, we couldn’t find anywhere to park, so we crush virtually for an hour at 6AM to find street parking, but there were unfortunately lots of cars parked on the streets, and many parking lots were sealed for no good reasons! After driving for an hour, we found some parking at East Potomac Park. You cannot park here surpassing 8AM, so we were lucky to find plenty spots here 15 minutes surpassing 8AM. We walked virtually the driving range in the morning, breathed in some fresh air, and enjoyed the eyeful of the cherry blossom. From here, you can see Washington Memorial from afar. If you find some parking spot here, there’s a Circulator Bus that serves as a de facto parking shuttle. The fare is $1/person each way. There is moreover a restroom on the east side of the driving range. CherryFloweretin East Potomac Park In the afternoon, we came when to DC for some sunset pictures but we got stuck in traffic for 30 minutes near the National Mall. We couldn’t find any street parking either, and most of the public parking garages were completely full. We found an misogynist parking garage at Federal Parking, the same towers with the Museum of the Bible, which charged us $20/day for parking! Bad driving We have been road-tripping to many states in the US, and Washington DC was the most horrible wits that we have overly had in the US! We saw cars that got into the wrong direction, nearly ran over tourists crossing the street plane though they had the right of way (including us), or obstructed the intersections considering there were no FREAKING lanes to turn left or wait! Honestly, I was disappointed with the infrastructure of the Capitol of the US! Drivers in Orange County usually yield for others but we couldn’t find anyone that were nice in Washington DC. Be shielding to navigate the street here as you could be run over by some crazy drivers here. Besides bad driving, DC was very noisy with people honking at each other. I thought that LA drivers were crazy, but definitely not as crazy as those we found in DC. I don’t know how stressful it is working for the government, but driving here must momentum people mad! Too many Tourists As a tourist, I don’t really like too many tourists. I midpoint I should have some space with other tourists, and we should be worldly-wise to park our car. It’s Ok to travel and take pictures and enjoy the scenes, but too many at once will just destroy the enjoyment. The prod in the afternoon at Tidal Basin and virtually National Mall made me finger that way too. Too many people took up space for selfie and pushed others around. It took us a long time to find a good spot among thousands of tourists virtually Tidal Basin; but one particular photographer asked us to move considering he would like to take our spot! We have been to many places in the US, taking thousands of pictures and we are unchangingly thoughtful of other photographers, so we don’t want others to wait for us or be in others’ photos. However, the spot we chose was not plane special or taking up places. There were thousands of trees and he could definitely stand right next to us but no, it must be my spot… My spot for CherryFloweretin Tidal Basin Weather We were lucky that the weather was pretty pleasant when we walked around. It was well-nigh 50-60F so wearing a big stratify like me warmed up quickly. In the morning, it was well-nigh 20-30F so my hands were nearly numb without gloves. I’d recommend to bring warm gown as the weather might be really unprepossessed here in early April. Overall, the trip was Ok. I finally experienced the famous CherryFloweretin Washington DC, and saw famous buildings like the White House, or Capitol Hills. There are places that I’d love to go when then and again. Do I want to come when to Washington DC? Not really. Share on Share on Facebook Pin this item Tweet this item Google Plus this item Share on LinkedIn Email a friend Like this post0 by baolocdo Filed under Photography, Trip. Tagged cherry blossom, travel, washington dc. Previous postZion: Hiking into The NarrowsApril 2, 2018Next postMaui: Waterfalls withal the Road to HanaApril 20, 2018 Leave a reply Cancel reply Your email write will not be published. 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