Our JANUARY 20 trip to Washington DC
Dave ( my husband ) drove to the metro station (subway or train)with me and our friend Ronen from Israel. Took 20 min., then we took the train and it was packed. That ride to DC was 1 hour and 30 minutes. It was usually about 40 minutes. Once we got to DC we walked and walked towards the MALL* and we ended up in the Washington monument. That was the closest we can get because so many people(estimate 2 million).
In going home, we were stuck for about an hour. We couldn't get to the parade route because of all the security. There were so many people going home at once. How long did it take? It was hard to tell. We just learned how to be patient.
People actually are very nice. We met people from California, New Orleans, Houston, Texas and other places... We were all happy and jubilant. The excitement was overwhelming!
Want to know how cold it was? Lowest was 10 degrees, highest was 32. but it was so windy! One has to consider the wind chill factor... Ve-rrrrry cold.!!!!
We were dressed in layers. (Long thermal underwear, sweat pant then ski pants 3 wool socks, sweaters on top of sweaters, then boots) I was probably carrying 10 lbs. of clothes. I was walked like a duck. I felt so fat, but at least I was warm. My nose got cold and red a little.
So we left the house at 7:00am, didn't get home till 5:00pm. Ben and his friends left the house at 5:00am. They got there earlier so they were closer to the Capitol .
We didn't get a ticket but outside it's free to the public. Our congressman can't get tickets for everybody. We are fine where we are, we watched the proceedings on the Jumbotrons(big TVs that were set up all over the mall area). We were standing the whole time.
Obama isn"t Superman, but the world is expecting him to be. However, there is a lot of hope from every one, everywhere.
submitted by Marcie Uson Wise
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