Our new Christmas day tradition is to make a trip down to the Mall to check out the National and Capitol Christmas trees. There was still plenty of snow left on the grassy parts of the Mall, adding to the festive atmosphere. After getting our fill of mingled church and state we went on a [...]
I got brave last weekend and rode the bike down to Hains Point. It turned out to be a traffic nightmare and the bike and I got pretty hot, but I did manage to find a parking spot along the Potomac side of Potomac Park, where there were plenty of blossoms and not very many [...]
It’s springtime in DC, which means cherry blossoms and tourists. After the inauguration, the cherry blossom crowds seem pretty tame – no need for the national guard to do crowd control at least. However, trying to take photos around the tidal basin you’re either standing in someone’s way [...]
This has been a pretty nice cherry blossom season in DC – a little windy but warm enough that they haven’t fallen to the ground early like last year. These were down around the tidal basin, across from the Jefferson Memorial. There are some less crowded spots out around Hains Point, but there’s something about [...]
I’ve been making my way through the hikes in 60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Washington DC, mostly the ones closest to DC so far. I photo things that catch my eye, most often flowers along the trail. Here are a few that I’ve seen so far this spring:
