A Great Day

7:38AM 1/20/2009 [Original] We got lucky and caught the very first express shuttle downtown. The express shuttles were scheduled to start at 4:00AM but didn't start till we got there at 7:30AM.

1 7:51AM 1/20/2009 [Original] A few short minutes later, we were dropped off a few blocks shy of our scheduled stop but close enough to see the Lincoln Memorial (it's white on white but the top left corner is visible in the photo).

2 8:18AM 1/20/2009 [Original] Looking up 18th St NW we saw a sea of people. Presumably staking claim to parade route spots.

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4 8:33AM 1/20/2009 [Original] A soldier stopped and offered to take our picture.

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9a 9:35AM 1/20/2009 [Original] We arrived at the Silver gate line (mob). Dan and Kim continued on to the Purple gate line (mob) in the tunnel.

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12a 10:42AM 1/20/2009 [Original] I lucked out and stood atop the end of the balustrade between the statues at the Capitol Reflecting Pool and enjoyed an unobstructed view for the entire ceremony.