Inauguration Day - activities update

For our own observation of the inauguration, Mary and I decided to put our bunting up – we’ll keep it up for the rest of the week – and we took our chances on driving to friends Pris and Art’s house in Arlington. We hit the road after 10am, and we very surprised to see almost no traffic on the roads by that time.
When we arrived, the brunch spread was on. Art cooked up barbeque with cole slaw, Memphis style, and there were all kinds of other goodies to munch on.




Here are two of my photos from significant events during the program – the inauguration of the Vice President – at that moment, change was official; and then the inauguration of the President, at last.








Finally, here is the photo of ex-President Bush getting on the helicopter. It is a fond memory of mine to think back to the ’93 inauguration, I happened to be on the east side of the Capitol when the Bushes came out and boarded their flight away. Mary and I met during the '93 campaign.

I sent a congratulatory “wheels up” message to many of the friends in my phone directory – and rec’d a half dozen “cheers” in response.

Now it’s time to put these last 8 years behind us. It is a new and beautiful day. Let’s get started.