Saturday, March 28 was the first day of the Cherry Blossom Festival this year. The forecast was for a cloudy day with occasional showers in the afternoon and a high temperature of only 50 oF. We ventured out around 11:00 AM and ate brunch. Since it was not raining, we walked to the Mall area. Although it was cold with an occasional drizzle, children and adults were flying kites near the Washington monument. There were a few cherries in partial bloom around the montument.
We walked over to the Tidal Basin and the cherries around the Jefferson Memorial were beautiful. In spite of the cold weather, there were a large number of tourists walking around, snapping pictures and closeups of the flowers using telephoto lenses. Local folks probably didn't come out in this kind of weather. They will probably have warmer weather next weekend, when cherries were expected to be in full bloom.
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