Saturday was a long and CRAAZZZY day! I woke up around 5:30 to catch our 7:30am flight which got into Baltimore around 8:30am. My mom and I went out to the bus line to catch the B-30 and joined a line of people also going to the rally. People were there from all over! Florida, Arizona, Detroit. And lots of them had signs and folding chairs that they brought with them on the plane.
When two B-30 buses drove right passed us without stopping we knew the only way to make it downtown was to take a cab. The cab took us to the closest metro stop but the metro was overflowing and a HUGE line of people snaked out of the metro stop and wrapped around the parking lot. We said forget this and took the cab the rest of the way into town. It was sooo worth it.
The mall was packed all the way from the stage in front of the capital building back to the Washington monument, more people filled the streets and sidewalks on the sides of the mall. The picture doesn't do the crowd justice, but it was AWESOME. People climbed up in the trees and on top of the port-o-potties to get better views (and it looked like the roofs started to cave in). We just used the bathrooms inside the museums.
Taking a break on the lawn
National Gallery of Art
Reasonable sign
Mom on the steps.
We could not hear or see a thing going on on the stage so we just walked around and hung out on the grass. It was a gorgeous day so it was nice to be outside. Luckily we taped the rally on DVR and watched it when we got home!
We left the rally a little before it ended to make sure we would get to the airport. This time we got on the metro which was already crammed with people and then the B-30 bus to the airport. We arrived with plenty of time to spare and got home around 10pm, totally exhausted, but sooooooooo happy to see boys! They were happy to see us too even though they look a little shell shocked in these pictures.
There you have it! Anyone interested in going with me? It will only take 38 days and 17 hours!!!
