y at work to go check out the cherry blossoms. So this past monday i decided to take a little bike ride to avoid traffic (car and metro) and get some exercise at the same time. I took a leasiurely route, as you can see by this map. I took the bike trail down to the river. 
I had never before been out on Rosevelt island, so i took a side trip out there, and did a little jogging around the island. It is so cool to see such landscaping free area of land in the heart of the city, great views of Georgetown from the ped bridge. It is so cool that the large stone monument on the island is only accessed via dirt paths and wilderness trails. I then rode the bike down to the tidal basin and locked it up while i walked around and observed the tourists almost as much as the trees.
It is amazing to just watch every person who walks down a path stopping to take the exact same picture over and over.
I discovered that the FDR memorial isn't nearly as spectacular during the day as at night. So in closing i recommend that everyone check out Rosevelt Island by day and FDR memorial by night. The Jefferson monument is, of course, as spectacular and crowded as it always it.
In hindsight i'm very glad i took in monday afternoon and its 80 degree temp when the temperature was down in the thirties with snow by the weekend...
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