$900 - Amount we saved Dan (who we met on the train) by giving him our two extra Inauguration tickets which he had been trying to purchase by phone
17 degrees - Temperature on January 20, 2009 in Washington, DC at noon with wind chill
2 1/2 hours - Time spent waiting in line for the "Blue Zone" at the Capitol
44th - President Barack Obama
1,000,000+ - Record number of people on "The Mall" for Inauguration Day 2009
13,744 - Steps taken (as measured by the "body bugg") walking to Union Station, nearly getting smashed in two lines trying to get to the train and then hiking to L'Enfant Plaza around the Parade Route after Union Station was closed due to over-crowding
6 - Sighs of relief when we realized we WOULD make the train home, get out of the cold and be able to eat dinner tonight
$100 - Cost of babysitter for all-day adventure without our two youngest daughters
Being a part of history in the making - Incalculable!
4 comments:
AWESOME!!! You were so close!! I'm so excited for you!! Thanks for the pictures, what an amazing day. I'm so glad you could be there.
That is SO AWESOME that you were there! Totally worth all the hassle and expense, I'm sure.
Ugh, we totally moved at the wrong time! :(
Looks like Mia enjoyed it, too!! Now that I see all of your photos, I wish I was there...sigh...
I'm more than a little bit jealous. It looks like it was incredible.
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