Let's see.... the events in Washington:
We saw Capital Steps at the Ronald Reagan Center and laughed and laughed
We walked along the parade route on Sun. night and seeing the bleachers set up already
Monday:
We drove out to Silver Springs, MD to visit some old friend of Mike's
Susan, Ken, Terry, Mike and I walked over to RFK Stadium to participate in the National Day of Service
We walked over to a friend of Susan's who went to high school in Anchorage for drinks
We walked over to Pennsylvania Ave SE for dinner at Sonoma
Tuesday:
We were up early and out the door by 7 am
We walked in a thickening, friendly crowd toward the Mall, and along the south side of the Mall
We set up camp just southeast of the Washington Monument, close to a Jumbotron
We watched a recording of the Sunday concert on the jumbotron and then... the Inauguration
I cried. Everyone cheered.
Crowd crush as we left, and it was a very polite crush.
We all straggled in to Susan and John's to watch the news, the parade, eat, share experiences of the day
We got dressed up and went to the Capital Hill Neighborhood Ball (500 tickets were sold) and dancing to an incredible swing band. Susan was happy because they played "Happy Days are Here Again"
Wednesday:
We walked over to the Hart Office Building for coffee with our Senators.
We got to talk to both Mark and Lisa
Ken and Terry drove us to Newark
We flew home... there were lots of Inauguration folks on the flight from Newark. Still quite a few on the flight from Seattle to Anchorate
We got to bed at 3 am Thursday
I am still glowing from the event.
1 comment:
Thanks for sharing your experience with me. I am happy you got to be there in person. Even watching it on ALL our TVs was impressive. We drank a sparkling wine toast to positive steps to our new age. Lynne
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