A Fog Alert at the Tidal Basin

It was bright sunshine when we left home. Once we hit DC the fog descended around us. We were on our way to the Tidal Basin to see the cherry blossoms. The blossoms are just starting to emerge and the crowds are small now. Next week will be a different story. So we parked in a less familiar place to tourists and headed over. It was quite eerie! Since we have seen the cherry blossoms in all states and times of the day when we lived on Capitol Hill, it would be an interesting walk in the fog. I was glad the pedestrian walkway was sparse - I don’t care for crowds and the city has been quiet for the last two years. We started past the Jefferson memorial and walked towards The Roosevelt Memorial - one of our favorites. The tour buses started to roll in and the large groups began to clutter the walkways. We made our way to the MLK memorial, across the bridge, past the paddle boats and back to the Jefferson memorial. By the time we made it around the basin the sun was out. It was about a two mile jaunt back to the car. Spring is such a beautiful time of year here. The fog made it very interesting.