My Trip to D.C. Part 3

We got up at 4am on Tuesday morning to find that the roads were clear of ice and snow. We got to the Shady Grove Metro Station around 6:30 and hoped on the train for a 30 minute ride in to town. By the third stop on our way in the train was full. Every time we stopped more and more people tried to pack in. When we got to the Bethesda stop a elderly gentleman was having medical problems and was trying to get off but everyone kept trying to get on. It was not long before people started pushing people off the train so this man could get through. That would be the only time that day I saw any kind of physical violence. That amazed me because there were 2 million people in that town and there was not one arrest. Anyway we got off the Metro at Metro Center and started walking toward The Mall. We stopped at a coffee shop and got some breakfast on the way. By 7:30 we were at the Mall and we picked out a spot just to one side of the Washington Monument. We started taking pictures of all the memorials, people The White House, and just about everything we could think of. We even got an up close picture of The White House roof that showed the counter snipers walking around. By about 9am the Mall was at full capacity. The motorcade was cool to see as Obama came from The White House to The Capital Building. I was also cool to see all the dignitaries introduced. Finally Obama was inaugurated and gave his Address, which I thought he did a very good job at. The man can speak with the best of them. We left The Mall area by 1pm and were back to the car in Shady Grove by 1:45. We took the belt way around D.C. to skip all the traffic and didn't stop again until we were back in Lexington VA. We got back to Murfreesboro a little after midnight. It was a great trip, it felt like a whirlwind but I'm glad we had the opportunity to go and witness history. PICTURES TO FOLLOW IN FUTURE BLOGS