We are going to the inauguration. Leaving Friday, staying in Columbus overnight--where we plan to see A Blogger You Know and Love and her family--arriving in DC on Saturday.
We have no plans to do anything in particular, as far as events go. But we do have plans to stay with Aunts Nancy and Laurel and just spend some quality time with same, while popping our heads out their Capitol Hill/Eastern Market door now and then to hear the roar of the crowds.
We will wander about on foot as far as they'll let us with a stroller and just take in the vibe. I do hope we will be near a jumbotron for the swearing in so Nat can see that. Maybe even squint into the distance and catch a glimpse of the live action, too. (At the first Clinton inauguration, we watched the thing squinting into the distance. We stood next to those with tickets, with only a rope between us and them. They didn't have seats either. I am betting that this time, too, we will do as well as we might have done with tickets.)
We are not planning to go anywhere that requires a security check (stood in line for two hours to hold a protest sign at the first GWB inauguration parade, can't imagine how long the lines for such things might be this year).
Nevertheless, I imagine the jubilant throngs of humanity will make a lasting impression on Nat and she can remind Selina about it too. I will take interesting photos and probably post them at Strollerderby, so check us out over there, starting Sunday, okay?
And when we get back, remind me to tell you all about our wonderful new church!
