WE GAVE IT A SHOT...

INAUGURATION TRIP 2009


DEC----CHRIS ASKS ABOUT GOING
JAN 10-MARCIE CALLS HAS TWO TICKETS TO PURPLE WEST STANDING
JAN 17-JOHN GETS TICKETS AT RENDEZVOUS AT PAT AND DOT'S
JAN 19-1:43 PM CHRIS BOARDS PLANE IN SEATTLE
JAN 19-11:50 PM JOHN PICKS UP CHRIS AT HARRISBURG AIRPORT
JAN 20-2:00 AM THEY GET TO SHADY GROVE STATION-WHILE WAITING CROWD BEGINS CHANT “PITTSBURGHS GOING TO THE SUPER BOWL”
JAN 20-4:00 AM ARRIVE IN DC CENTER
JAN 20-4:50 AM MEET JIM CANTORIE IN COFFEE SHOP
JAN 20-5:00 GET ON QUEUE TWO BLOCKS FROM ENTRANCE
JAN 20-5:10 AM CHRIS EXPLORES MALL
JAN 20-10:30 AM DEPART AREA AFTER LINE CHANGES FROM 3 OR 4 WIDE
TO FILLING THE STREET WALL TO WALL
JAN 20-10:50 AM FIND METRO SHUT DOWN FOR SEVERAL STOPS DUE TO PERSON BEING HIT BY A TRAIN (TURNS OUT WOMEN WAS PULLED OFF TRACKS AND SAVED)
JAN 20-11:00 AM BOARD METRO FOR SHADY GROVE
JAN 20-11:30 AM IN CAR AND HEADED NORTH
JAN 21-8:00 AM READ ON LINE FROM WASHINGTON POST OF THE CRAZYNESS GETTING IN AND OUT INCLUDING FOLKS WAITING HOURS TO GET ON TRAINS, WALKING, FREEZING…

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…IT WAS GREAT FUN!