Today, was essentially the last day of our time here in Washington. Tomorrow, being the inauguration will be an all day affair and the next day we’ll be getting on the train early in the morning.
We had planned to wake up early in the morning and call Senator Burr and Hagan to see if there was any chance we could get a ticket.
I gained consciousness this morning around 8:30 and called both offices right away. No luck. On TV there were lines wrapped around the Senate offices. Even the waiting lists numbered in the thousands.
Considering the big day we have tomorrow, we decided to take it easy and just get some group pictures. We ended up walking around the Tidal Basin to the FDR Memorial, which was a really nice way to unwind from the hectic week. The entire basin was frozen over and surprisingly, there weren’t that many people around. After that, most of the group wanted to go back to the apartment, so Crystal and I decided to check out the mall.
By the time we got there, most of the crowd had dispersed but there were still plenty of folks around. Most of the major media networks were around, with sets in the mall or with reporters walking around. We also ran into Charles Gibson of ABC news.
The energy in the city is unreal and amazingly, most people have been quite cordial and friendly. An estimated 1.4 million people were out at the mall today. James Vickory gave a great insight about this, in his words: "Even if you put 10 pickle festivals ontop of each other, there wouldn't be that many people." You're the man Jimmy.
Yesterday at the concert, I looked around and people of all ages, race, size, whatever…were all just happy to be there, and I thought, man I am so proud to be an American! And I’m not even American!
Anyway, I better plan the attack for tomorrow. I’m out like George Bush…
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