3:00am - Leaving the hotel in Silver Spring. Kevin: "Let's go! Let's go! Let's go!"
Charrell and Kevy in the elevator.
3:02am - We've got to get the blankets! The blankets are in the car! Kevin: "Hurry up! Let's go!!!"
Walking to the Silver Spring Metro Station on the Red line.
That's how bad Obama is - 3am, we're on the way to the train. 20 years from now this will be hilarious.
3:20am - The train station opens at 4am!
My sisters Charrell and (birthday girl) Tuwana... ready for action!
The Kevins.
Channel 9 filming the first arrivals at the Silver Spring station. Charlene from Berkeley, CA was first! We arrived at 3:19!
3 something am at Silver Spring: Nichelle, Sandye, Kevy, Kevin, Charrell, Tuwana and Kelsey.
OMG! We ran into more family!
Freezing Happy Hopemongers!
The train is here! NOT!!!!!!!!
Blurry shot at ChinaTown stop.
Walking... somewhere... 4:20ish am
5am at C Street near the Dept. of Labor: The Huddled Masses aka my family: Charrell (and her hair) Sandye to the right in blue, Tuwana in the white hat, Kevy and Kelsey in red. Kevin and I stood.
6:40am ish
The Break of Dawn...waiting to go through security.
In our spot, 6am ish, on C Street near the Dept of Labor.
Just past 2nd Street and Independence, Tuwana and I attempting to get to the Mall. Ain't happenin'... but isn't that a nice shot of the Monument?
We're lost! But Tuwana and I made friends at the corner of 2nd Street and Independence.
Watching history unfold with about 50 of our new BFFs.
Tuwana and I ended up getting separated from the rest of the family and texting and calls were slooooowwww to non-existent so I asked a cop where we could possibly find a screen. He pointed across the street to this spot. The man in the window - bless him! I think he is the owner of the restaurant or the building or something. He came down with a remote control and turned the TV up so we could hear better! He also let several photographers get in that window to take turns taking pictures of us as we watched.
Looking good Mr. President!
Watching history unfold with about 50 of our new BFFs. Church!
YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!! President Barack Hussein Obama!!!!!!!!!!!!
Train? Where is the train please?
At the Eastern Market stop. The Green Line I think. Tuwana and I headed back to Silver Spring to meet the rest of the family. We attempted to watch the parade from the hotel but everyone slept except insomniac me.
