I wonder if DrDeb got out of DC before the storm hit...her area of Ohio is really getting slammed.
He's due home tomorrow, but he can wait til Mon if need be..he isn't due back to work til Tuesday.
If she didn't get out yesterday, I sort of doubt it. Not because DC was getting it early this morning, but because OH probably was already socked in. That was the reason we didn't try to get out early this morning, we knew we'd never get into O'Hare.
We left Friday morning, due to the weather forecast for NC. We had a thin layer of ice late yesterday and the sun is shining today. I really hate leaving now, but after having such a horrible time getting there, we didn't want to take any chances.
On the way up, it started snowing and it looked like little whirlwinds on the highway. Suddenly this vehicle came around us, way too fast and just as he pulled back in front of us, all of those little whirlwinds turned into a huge one and you could not see. This vehicle spun around, hit the concrete divider, bounced off that, into a car, pushed that car into another one. White those vehicles were spinning, he bounced off the concrete divider again, hit more cars. The guy's vehicle was totally out of control as it hit one after the other, directly in front of us. Cars were twisting and turning, sliding in all directions and all we could do was sit there, wondering when any of them would hit us.
God was surely watching over us, because there were a total of 14 cars hit before it was over and we were right in the middle of all of them, but none touched our vehicle. After that, it took us 4 hours to go 10 miles or less. This was around Richmond, VA. We missed everything on Wednesday.
Couldn't get the rest of our group to understand that we needed to get to the inauguration ceremony EARLY, so when we got there around 10:30, THOUSANDS were waiting to go thru security and after standing there until after the swearing in was over, they quit letting people cross the street, so we never even made it to the capitol grounds. There were thousands behind us, so when you saw the crowd during the swearing in, there were almost that many more who never got across Constitution Avenue (the side we were supposed to enter), therefore never got onto the grounds.
I had bleacher seats for the parade and we were less than two blocks from the President's viewing stand. He walked directly in front of us (within 15 feet). Didn't check camera before leaving and was trying to load film while waiting for parade to begin, only to find out the battery was dead. LOL Had some wonderful luck on this trip. :( I DID have my camcorder, so got some good footage.
Went to the Democracy Ball that night and saw the president again, but roomies thought getting there fashionably late was the thing to do, so missed the Vice President's visit. Got him in the parade though. I'd been before, so knew what to expect. None of them had ever been, yet they thought they knew more than I did.
Next time, I think I'll go by myself or at a minimum, have less people in a group. Six women and we were late for everything, because ONE took forever to get dressed for everything and stayed locked in the bathroom, so others couldn't get ready. I definitely know who NOT to invite the next time.
SUMMARY:
Missed Celebration of Freedom-due to weather
Ball that same night, for same reason
Missed Inauguration Ceremony
Made the parade
Made the inaugural ball.
Got out of town early on Friday.