Cherry Blossom Festival

It turned out that Wednesday was also the peak blossom day of the Cherry Blossom Festival.  This is news only because it was originally supposed to be April 5th and then it basically kept getting moved up by a day until I heard on Thursday that Wednesday turned out out to be the peak. Which worked out well since that is the day we went.  I guess everyone should do this so they don't have this lingering idea that they are missing something.  They're not.  Lots of people, not much going on.  And I'm not saying that because I don't think the trees blossoming are not beautiful, because they are, really.  It's just that walking through a parking lot with 10000 other people taking pictures of them does not really enhance the experience.  And the festival part of the whole event is really lacking.  There is a stage with a bunch of community dance competition winners which basically made me feel like I was watching a bad high school movie.  There were some food stands with overpriced corporate looking Japanese food.  And it was all so spread out that it all seemed somewhat random.  So if anyone is asking my advice... Skip it.