Spend an hour in America’s Front Yard and you can log several miles of exercise, critique Rodin and Yayoi Kusama in the sculpture garden of the Hirshhorn, honor fallen heroes, soak up some sun, smell the stinky corpse flowers at the United State Botanic Garden, see where bills are passed and the president lives, and enmesh yourself in the philosophies and triumphs of founding fathers, civil rights activists, deep thinkers, and prestigious leaders.
Speaking of the federal city, the National Mall, surrounding parklands, the serene Potomac, and assorted, lately controversial, memorials make for a ride, especially when done in March or April during peak cherry blossom bloom, that can only be described as monumental. (We know, groan. We hate ourselves, too.) But dad joke notwithstanding, the praise is far from hyperbolic. Spend an hour in America’s Front Yard and you can log several miles of exercise, critique Rodin and Yayoi Kusama in the sculpture garden of the Hirshhorn, honor fallen heroes, soak up some sun, smell the stinky corpse flowers at the United State Botanic Garden, see where bills are passed and the president lives, and enmesh yourself in the philosophies and triumphs of founding fathers, civil rights activists, deep thinkers, and prestigious leaders. Capital Bike Share has numerous rental stations around the basin.