Words cannot fully explain the energy and the aura that was felt by actually participating in today's Presidential events. With no ticket in hand we called our cab and made it down to Capital Hill at around 9:30 AM. The crowds of people were definitely in the millions and even with tickets, not everyone was able to get in behind the barriers. The army was in full force checking and double-checking every single person that was let on to the grounds (and I mean not even within ear-shot of the loudest speaker on the entire premises).After witnessing about 10,000 people jam down into a 4-lane street into a 1-door enterance, we decided that we would head down to the Canadian Embassy to possibly see some sort of TV screen and if we were lucky a snippet of Obama's speech. That much we were given and we moved on to the next point of interest - the parade.
No surprise, the parade route was completely locked off and we had to wessle our way through another heard of humanity. This took about another hour, but in the midst of all the action we seen a few celebrities Wyclef, Anne Hathaway and Lynn Whitfield. TOFLO them up and moved merrily along.
Anxiously awaiting the arrival of the 44th President, we stood in -5 degree weather for about 2 hours. I think I just had about enough until we were graciously engaged with several individuals all from different states talking about what Obama being President meant to them. Interesting conversation that made time just fly right by. And before we knew it, Barack and Michelle Obama were walking down Pennsylvania Avenue hand-in-hand. I-N-S-P-I-R-I-N-G, is the only word that could truly describe what the crowd was experiencing.
Through the cold, tears, screams, long lines, pushing, shoving and well you get the picture this one moment truly made it worth today's angry and at times patience-testing pursuit of history.
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