Witnessing History
So before this becomes irrelevant, I wanted to note that I made it out to the National Mall again on Tuesday. I really wanted to be part of the crowd to watch and witness Obama making history. It was a really surreal and wonderful experience. It was such a huge crowd. Picture fireworks night on English Bay, times 10. No drunks, but a lot of very happy cold people. I took a bunch of pictures, and if I haven’t shown them to you yet, you can check them out from my picasa album.
Also, here’s a video of the nation’s favourite President and the warm reception that he received:
The crowd was also singing the Na-na-nah Heyy Goodbye song. Funny stuff. As I alluded to, it was another cold friggin day. It wasn’t so bad until the sun hid behind the Washington Monument for about 40 minutes. That’s when my ass nearly froze off. It was supposed to be about -4, but with the wind, it was more like -12. When the moment was over, we thought about heading to Pennsylvania Avenue to check out the parade, but considering it took us over an hour to break away from the crowd, we didn’t bother. We got some food, got some hot chocolate from Starbucks, and headed home.
I was most impressed by the way Metro was able to handle the volume of people. I believe they estimated that ridership was close to 1.4 million people that day. It wasn’t that bad at all. Rush hour on a regular work day can be much worse or even coming out of a sporting event from the Verizon Center can be way crazier.
Anyhoo, I’ve got some more topics to cover, but I’ll wait a few more days. I promise that it won’t be 6 months again. Peace!
