These pictures don't do justice to the crowds we walked with. Unfortunately, it was so cold that our camera battery ran out of juice before we could take any more. (It was fully charged when we left in the morning.) We got to the base of the GW monument three hours before the oath of office (when the third photo was taken). By the time it was given, the area was completely filled with people, as far as the eye could see, both toward the capital and back to the Lincoln Memorial. The really neat thing was when Barak took the oath, you could have heard a pin drop; everyone was dead silent. And then the place exploded in cheers!We'll try and get more photos from our friends, Justin & Julia, who came with us.
