Locals and visitors alike head to the Tidal Basin as early as 4 a.m. to avoid crowds and capture the cherry blossoms at sunrise.
It was still pitch-black and cold at 6 a.m. Wednesday as Ruiqing Yang and her two friends walked the Tidal Basin footpath. Members of a community photography club in Rockville, Md., they were among a handful of visitors searching for the perfect spot to capture the cherry blossoms in the dawn’s early light.
In the past, they’ve seen people having early-morning picnics among the blossoms and thought they should do that, too. “We had big dreams,” Clifton said, laughing. “But we never did it.” Walker and Prisk smiled gamely for the redo as passersby paused for the moment to be frozen for posterity.
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