Cherry Blossom Time
It’s cherry blossom time in Washington D.C.’s Tidal Basin. As weather patterns world-wide become warmer, the trees have been blooming earlier each year. But once again, despite my hopes to see the peak bloom, my departure from Washington was five days before that happened. The annual Cherry Blossom Festival attracts over one million visitors each year. This is one aspect of tourism that I did not mind missing. The drive around the Tidal Basin was slow and laborious, and the pathways were equally crowded. According to the National Park Service (NPS), over 3,000 Japanese Yoshino cherry…