Last Saturday, it seemed like everyone was down on the Mall and Tidal Basin, to see the cherry blossoms and enjoy the Kite Festival. Metro reported its second-largest Saturday ridership in its history, with 710,000 passengers.
This view from the top of the Washington Monument gives an idea of the crowds, which stretched over a huge area:
Kite Festival
The month-long Cherry Blossom Festival has many events, but the biggest crowd-pleaser is the Kite Festival – it covered the Washington Monument grounds and much of the Mall, on a perfect warm spring day with just enough breeze.
These pics are awesome. Karen would have
Been there with her camera. Thank you.
We think about Karen so often, especially when we are out photographing some of the things she loved and we got the privilege of seeing things through her eyes.