Here are a few photos from my trip to the Obama Inauguration.... 
 
I made it out of the metro about 10:45am.  No sign of the crowds yet. 
 
A few blocks later I made it to the Mall Proper in the general vicinity of the Vietnam memorial, still not too bad.  
 
So let's see how close I can get.... Oh ohh. 
 
It took some time, but I managed to worm my way to where I wanted to be. Right in front of the Washington Monument looking down the mall.  
 
From my vantage point I was able to see the swearing in (sort of) 
 
All the way back to the Lincoln 
 
The White House 
 
and the snipers 
 
And of course, lots of other people 
 
I think this might be my favorite shot of the day.  Moving trucks at the White House.  Goodbye Georgie boy! 
 
