Thing 81

[just_the_things]

81. Visit the National Arboretum

The woman at the visitor's center laughed a little when I said I'd been in the area since 1986 and had never visited the National Arboretum. But that's why I put it on this list... and now I've been there!

I live maybe 20 miles from this place but it took me an hour and a half to drive there... welcome to D.C.! I found a great parking spot and then looked around a little while in the herb garden, at the columns (that used to be part of the Capitol building), and then the bonsai museum. Then I paid and took the tram ride tour around the arboretum grounds because my hip was killing me. Then I walked around the rest of the bonsai & penjing museum. After that, I drove to a few other places I'd passed on the tour and got out of the car so I could explore those areas in more detail. I took a few hundred photos. Here are my favorites:

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[ngech.livejournal.com]

Normally it doesn't take that long to get there from NoVA, I'm guessing Cherry Blossom Traffic made things worse. But you really should go back when the azaleas are in bloom. All those hills to the right of the entrance are coated.