Ken and Terry picked us up at the Newark airport yesterday and we drove to Susan and John's house on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. The techno-fun was that I used my IPhone to navigate us to our destination. Tired after the long flights from Alaska, we stayed up a little while drinking wine, catching up, and planning our adventures for the next few days. Too many options, so we just planned out Sunday.
John knocked on our door at 8:15 on Sunday morning. We did our various morning routines then set out on foot for Susan and John's church, St Mark's Episcopal Church, for the Sunday sermon at 10. Paul Abernathy, the priest, gave a sermon about what the inauguration of Barack Obama means to him and then invited the congregation to come up and speak about what the election of Barack Obama means to each of them. I can write a little or a lot about the sermon and what folks said. I'm choosing a little. As we walked home for lunch, and at lunch, we shared in turn what the inauguration of Barack Obama means to each of us. I think that's another post.
John and Susan live about 8 blocks west of the Capital Building. After lunch, we set out to walk to it, and then down the mall to the Washington Monument. The set up for the inauguration was in progress: security fencing and all the porta potties from a wide radius.
There is lots more to write about - it's been a thrilling and marvelous and exhausting day and I have to go to sleep now.
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