Wow! What a day. They are having some sort of weird heat wave here right now--in the 90s for the 2nd day in a row. I could hardly wait for the workshop to get over with so my training partner, Jeff Miller, and I could get on to the city and see the cherry blossoms. We are here right in the middle of the cherry blossom festival time. The downside of this is that the pollen count here has skyrocketed, so not too good if you have allergies. Jeff and I headed first to the tidal basin area where lots of trees are still in bloom. We walked around the Jefferson Memorial area and down along the river, and then headed to the mall because Jeff hadn't seen the
WWII Memorial yet. It was a most beautiful night. Warm, but not terrible; humid, but not too bad. Lots of people out tonight, everywhere. We ended up being at the memorial right as the sun was setting, and the view of the Lincoln Memorial with the sunset behind it was spectacular. My picture doesn't do it justice.
We also happened to be standing around just as the Presidential helicopters took off. We learned later that President Obama was on his way to Prague for a meeting. I looked up his agenda for the day, and my picture was taken at 7:22 PM; he was scheduled for departure from the White House at
7:15 PM, so it was definitely him. Very cool to see that! There were two helicopters, so we don't know which one he was one, though. After we viewed the WWII memorial, we headed to the Washington Monument in hopes it was still open for tours, but alas, it closes at 5:00 PM. We had a great evening. Had appetizers of hotdogs from a street vendor. Dinner later at the hotel. All in all today, nearly 4 miles of walking. 3.98
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