Inauguration Fun

Scott's best man Meredith and her boyfriend Paul came all the way to DC to visit us - okay so maybe they came out of the inauguration and we were just a good place to stay ...but still it was good seeing them :)


We also had Paul's brother with us for the concert on Sunday afternoon. Scott managed to get all 5 of us in the same picture - I was amazed he could do it, but I never doubted him...lol

Even though we went out kinda late (2 hours early) we got a pretty good view.

As you can see there were LOTS of people behind us - people even got up on the port-a-potties to get a better view. At times I was afraid that they would knock them over and we would all drowned in the flood - its not like we had anywhere to go if it did happen.

It was nice that they had jumbotrons out there so that we could see what was going on - we could see the people on the steps but they were about the size of ants.

After spending about 5 hours out in the cold we rewarded ourselfs with Ben's Chili Bowl - the best chili dog you will ever find. Although we had to wait a little over an hour, out in the cold, to get them.

I bet that they were really bad for us - but they sure did taste good.

Our friends went into town early because they had tickets. Scott and I slept in becuase we knew we would be able to really see anything at the Inauguration anyways. When we first got into the metro we thought that it was going to be easier then we thought to get into town...but...then there were train malfunctions and it ended up looking like this before we got on a train.

The trains coming into the station were already crowded, only 2-3 people could get in at each set of doors (if any could). We managed to get on about the 4th train that came through, we just barely fit.

The Mall was packed by the time we got there (it actually would have been faster to walk then to take the train, but we didn't know that when we started out in the morning and it was cold). It was only 14 degrees that morning.

Scott and I still managed to get a spot where we could see the capital in the background and a jumbotron so that we could see what was going on.

We stood at the base of the Washington monument - here is the massive crowd of people leaving.

We decided to walk home and on our way we saw this - a blown up statue of George Bush.


As it turns out they had ropes attached to it and would periodically pull it down - just like the Iraq citizens did with the statute of Saddam....it is amazing their similarities.



But enough political stuff - it was cold, but I'm glad that we were there for this historical moment.