Hains Point
on East Potomac Park/ Carlos Pueblo
I reached to
Hains Point on the east end of the park, while Washington
Canal and
Potomac River meet and form the Chesapeake Bay. I have been
one of the
few visitors reach out to this part of cherry blossom every year.
Not like the
Tidal Basin, the trees are considered younger than the former
Area;
therefore, you can still enjoy the late Yoshino blossom and the majority
of flowering
cherry trees are Yoshino. Hains was the Army engineer in charge of
the flood
control work of the capital. It was flooded often in the Capital at the
beginning of
the Republic. There is a good size of a parking lot and picnic ground
at Hains
Point area; therefore, many visitors get off the bus and walk toward all
the
Memorials; therefore, you see some visitors are taking pictures along the
walking path.
This was the
second walk for on this trip, one was just done yesterday when I arrived.
Most trees are Yoshino except a few
Takesimensis on both sides near the end of the
gulf course
as the map indicates. Takesimensis is single petal without significant bee
hives shape
of flower branch. Until the area of park tennis court, we can see some willow
shape of
flowering cherry tree, I still cannot identify their names, either Autumn
Flowering
or Okame and
I do see one or two Kwanzan ready to bloom. I took a nap on a dry bench
and ten skip
Jefferson Memorial toward Tidal Basin Welcome Area.
The Cherry
Blossom Festival sets up tents north of the Basin with small pier of vending
boats
on one side
and a large open ground on the other side toward Washington Memorial. Right
adjacent to
the Area, there is a newly open turnips garden attracted many visitors. I
believe
that is only
open for two or three years, previously, I must go to the White house to see
the
backyard
garden of turnips through the steel fence. Of course, you can see some pretty
magnolia
blossom. There is a performing tent for
the artists to perform for the festival. I see
those young
artists to set up equipment and remove them before and after the show. One of
the lady
singer tells us to visit her youtube for her song. I appreciate Google even
more, if you
like my
article, you can go to my blog to read it, you or the future generation can utilize
such
modern technology.
After
dinner, my host and I review today’s
pictures and exchange some view of the nature.
A night
later, his son Daniel joins us and he
extend the pictures to a television screen and enlarge
some interested
point to make this cherry blossom more interesting.
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