Washington DC Tidal Basin Cherry Bloom

Park Junkie happened to be in the nation's capitol during the annual Cherry Blossom Festival, which marks the coming of warmer months.

The National Park Service manages the Tidal Basin, in addition to the greater Washington National Mall, which sits just to the north of the Tidal Basin.

Traffic is a mess during this time, so if you plan on visiting, best to use the Metro, or a bike, skate or scooter thingy. For more information, check out the NPS Cherry Blossom Festival Schedule of Events: https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/news/c...

For those who would like to add a public comment on the proposed renovations to the Tidal Basin wall, follow this link: https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/news/s...

Those who would like to send a message to their elected representatives in the House and the Senate can now visit the Democracy IO link below, which provides a quick, painless method by which you can find and message your reps in a matter of seconds.

Just go to the link below, as well as the Google Doc linked below that, copy the FLREA Letter to Reps in Google Docs, then paste that into the comment section in the Democracy IO link. This takes less than two minutes, and you'll rest well, knowing that you took action to effect change for the benefit of future generations of our people.

Democracy.io: https://democracy.io/#!/

Googel Doc - FLREA - Letter to Reps: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z...

Another option:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12...

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