WABA will again have its bike valet, and Bike and Roll and NPS will again do tours of the blossoms, via the going out gurus.
And if you can't wait to take out that fixed-gear you bought because it was cool, hit the free, three-hour ranger-led bike tours of the cherry blossoms offered Saturdays and Sundays through the festival. Tours begin March 27. Want to hop off and walk some of the way? The Washington Area Bicyclist Association is bringing back its cherry blossom bike valet: You can park your bike with them free on Saturdays and Sundays for the length of the festival (March 27-April 11).
Even if you don't have your own bike, you can throw your name on the list to rent a bike and take tours during the festival. Bike and Roll offers rentals, as well as two-hour, six-mile Bike the Blossoms tours that begin and end at the kiosk on Pennsylvania Avenue. New this year -- and ideal for locals and serious cyclists -- is an approximately 15-mile, Blossoms by Bike River Ride, which starts in Old Town and runs along the Mount Vernon Trail into Washington.
Photo by Tom H. Jones
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