Drive Downtown

This morning I was feeling like getting out with Caed and wasn't sure what to do. My sister's and others have been asking me about the Cherry Blossoms here in DC. I have been thinking that although the "officials" have been saying it's peak time, that it wasn't really. But I didn't know for sure since I haven't been downtown in a long time. My neighbor has a cherry tree, and his isn't at peak yet, so I did have a hunch. So this morning as I was talking to my oldest sister, Kristen, I decided to hop in the car with Caed and check out the trees before the weekend set in and all the tourists were swarming.

I didn't pack a lunch and just grabbed the diaper bag, camera bag and stroller. I was driving towards the FDR memorial, and then drove too far west and got directed to Arlington National Cemetery. My dad is buried there, and it's been awhile since I went and decided to take a side trip with Caed to see where Popop was buried. We had a nice time actually and it was nice to do that unexpectedly. Caed loved seeing all the planes fly over and there was a helicopter that was flying low too. I was working with him to identify my dad's name- and since Caed's middle name is my maiden name, I was happy to teach him about that too. After our side trip there, we headed back to the Mall area.

As I got closer to the monuments, the cherry blossoms didn't seem at peak to me. And they weren't really at peak. We ended up parking at Haines Point and walking around there. Today's warm weather might make them better for tomorrow, but I think it's going to be more like Sunday or Monday- hopefully it doesn't rain or get too windy. So we'll go check them out next week too and I'll tell you my unprofessional opinion. There were some nice blooms, but just not peak quite yet.