It's been an interesting month...
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| Look closely on the right and you can see the rows of port-a-potties getting set up on January 8 |
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| Time to scrub sunchokes |
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| Beautiful sunrise January 18 |
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| I wonder who is on that helicopter, January 19 |
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| We ran by the Capitol on the eve of Inauguration |
And I visited the Mall again Friday night. The aftermath of big events is always interesting.
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| Independence Ave by the Air and Space Museum |
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| Signs west of the Washington Monument |
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| The plastic grass protectors on the main Mall |
And now for the big event
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| I've been knitting |
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| Gathering at River Park |
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| Joining the streams of people on Fourth Street |
We were lucky to be able to walk from home. Many, many people
crowded on Metro to get to the March.
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| Behind us |
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| Kristie and Amanda |
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| Did I mention a lot of people? |
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| All together |
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| We can't get any closer |
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| Amanda and me |
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| We finally ended up at the base of the FAA building across Independence Ave from the Hirshhorn |
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| This was the map of where the Women's March was supposed to be |
But it was impossible to march that route with so many people! The crowd was a lot
bigger than Inauguration the day before.
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| Here's a view of the Smithsonian Castle |
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| Maeve was our group's mascot |
We detoured to 14th Street the back way since Independence Avenue was totally blocked with people. Good thing I've run all over the area so I knew how we could get to the Fish Market. I left Kristie and the gang south of the Washington Monument and made use of the running shoes I was wearing. The rest of the pictures are from my jog up around the White House and back down Pennsylvania Avenue and the Mall.
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| The scene at the Ellipse south of the White House |
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| Looking across from west to east |
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| North of the White House (the sign says Show Us Your Taxes) |
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| All of the nearby streets are jammed with people |
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| Lots of signs and pink hats |
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| No violence or problems |
Hundreds of thousands of peaceful marchers.
No arrests at all.
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| Marchers defaulted to Pennsylvania Ave after the other streets filled up with people |
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| Panorama of Pennsylvania Avenue from the corner of 10th St |
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| Near Archives |
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| 7th and Penn to the north |
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| 7th and Penn to the east |
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| 7th and Penn to the south |
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| 7th and Penn to the west |
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| Opportunities for great shots of the Capitol |
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| Go rural! We chatted and she is from West Virginia |
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| The Mall |
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| Filling the leftover fences with signs |
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| I don't know who made the photo collage but it's beautiful |
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| The end. People are leaving 3rd and Independence, the site of the main stage. |
If you want to see the speakers from the Women's March in DC,
C-SPAN live streamed it and has all five hours on video. That's what Elizabeth, Veronica, Natalie, Lissa, and I did when we got home. They were in a bit better position to hear than I was, but it was certainly hard to see and hear from the middle of the crowd. There are lots of news stories with great pictures of course,
here's one.
Update: the clean up crews are good. Here's Sunday evening on my way to meet Mary Lou and Shannon.
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| Just a few pieces of fence and port-a-potties left to pick up by Sunday night. |
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| Corner of 4th and Independence, it looked rather different 30 hours ago! |
