WASHINGTON (DC News Now) — Spray parks reopened in the District just in time to relieve people from the extreme heat forecasted this week.

Lafayette Pointer Park – in the Upper Checy Chase neighborhood – was one of the 32 sites that opened around D.C. Saturday.

“He loves coming here. Even when it’s kind of cold,” Austin Stack said about his two-year-old son, Collin. “He loves running through and getting soaked.”

The parks are open every day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Labor Day.

However, the one at Turkey Thicket Recreation Center is closed for repairs, while Fort Grebel Recreation Center remained closed Sunday for unknown reasons.

The Kremers, of Kensington, Md., are glad they found one that was open as temperatures reached the upper 80s on Sunday afternoon.

“We actually went somewhere else last weekend and we were so happy coming back today [but] it was shut down. It was closed,” said Pedro Kremer. “So we were heartbroken. And then we found this one.”

The District offers plenty of indoor pools right now as a way to stay cool, and starting Monday, June 24, all District outdoor swimming pools will be open six days a week.

Bay Area News Group readers have hopscotched around the world in recent months, sharing their adventures as they rode camels in the Sahara, explored temples in Thailand and took cooking classes in Barcelona.

Now an Oakland couple is sharing their tales from a spring trip to Washington, D.C. Read on for details, then find more travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com/tag/wish-you-were-here/.

Wish You Were Here

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Oakland residents Sean and Caroline Sorenson visited Washington, D.C. in early April.  “We saw the Capitol, White House, Supreme Court and all the monuments,” Caroline says. “Everyone was very friendly and helpful. We were a week late for the peak of the cherry blossoms, but we saw the end of it, which was very pretty!”

TRAVEL TIPS: “We stayed in Dupont Circle, which was convenient for the Metro. The Metro is very easy to take everywhere. We got a three-day pass ($28) and got more than our money’s worth. Once you’re on the Mall, you can easily walk to whatever you want to see.”

That list of things to see includes the National Archives, home of the Declaration of Independence, for example, and U.S. Constitution. Admission is free, but reserving a timed-entry ticket at https://museum.archives.gov/ ($1 service fee) will help you avoid summer’s long lines. ” It’s worth it,” Caroline says.

Join the fun! Send a photo of yourself on your latest adventures — local, domestic or international — to jburrell@bayareanewsgroup.com. Tell us where you are, who everyone is and where they’re from, and share a travel tip or two to help fellow readers go there, too.