After finding out that school was not on for Friday I decided that we should get going early. It did not turn out that way after getting to the store and getting the things we needed for the trip and getting things packed. It always seems that time passes by so quickly when you do not have it to waste.
We left at 230PM and drove for 10 hours till we got near Columbus, OH. by midnight. We stayed in a Holiday Inn Express and yes the beds were extremely comfortable, the commercials are true! We slept in until 7 AM our time and took off and as we got closer and closer to DC we saw more and more Obama stickers and when we stopped for gas I wrote on the back window "From Iowa to D.C. We got a lot of honks and waves after that. We saw people on and off again on the road. A car load of girls from Illinois and cars from California and even a car from Hawaii
We taped a few different areas of the trip on video. I hope we have a chance to post them somewhere soon. I want to make a movie out of it. We did have a great part with us rocking out to "Stayin Alive" by the Bee Gees. But some how it got erased. It was classic. I think Katie deleted it for possible embarrassing moments, she is 16 you know!
Tomorrow we are up early to head out to DC and see Obama's speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial. We are so excited! The begining of history in the making.
One thing I took from the travels this couple of days what that America, no matter what region, really has many similarities. Ones that pull us and hold us together. This inauguration is the beginning of a new America for all of us weather you voted for Obama or not. It is going to be a better world . It is going to take some time and that is OK. Time is all we have. Time is what it will take. I am willing to give it time.
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