Inauguration - January 6, 2009

If you follow our blog at all you know by now 2 things are pretty constant. One - we are late at getting information put in our blog, AND two, we seem to attract lots of company while we are living on the east coast. Our latest guests we did not really know. Cindy knew of one of them and I had never had the pleasure until now. Jody Ringling and her daughter Katy from Platte SD, were lucky enough to get tickets to the inauguration of President Obama. Of course getting tickets was one thing, getting a hotel was another story. Through a mutual friend, Jolene Nelson of Pierre, we were asked if we had room for a couple of South Dakotans and of course we said yes. They arrived on Sunday and we picked them up at the Reagan airport. Cindy took them into DC on Monday where they spent time sightseeing and getting acclamated to the area before the big event took place. Tuesday morning they ventured into the city around 5 AM and didn't return until late afternoon. Although they arrived back at our apartment cold, tired, and hungry, you could tell they enjoyed their experience. Jody said it best: "Getting a chance to go to DC is one thing, but having the opportunity to go there and be a part of history, especially with your child, life doesn't get any better than that."

As always with company, we had a great time. And meeting two wonderful people like Jody and Katy made it even more special.