Through our eyes (and ears)

Watch the swearing in of Barack Obama from our spot on the mall in Washington D.C. at 12:30 p.m. on Jan. 20, 2009. It was an unbelievable thrill to be a part of the flag-waving, chanting, history-making crowd, estimated at between 1.2 and 1.5 million people.

Early morning run

This You Tube video shows the first leg of our journey from the tour bus which dropped us off more than a mile from the mall in Washington D.C. at about 6:00 a.m. We somehow managed to stay together in the dark as we wound our way through the crowds and the traffic, climbing over walls at one point and down a narrrow path to get to the grassy area where we stood for five hours to be a part of this historic event.