Winding Down

After returning home Baby Barack still had onemore commitment. We drove - ok, I drove, not Baby Barack - friends Scott and Doug to the BET Inaugural Ball at the Mayflower Hotel. As a bonus, I got to drive Scott's cute, new BMW - I do love a test drive. Sadly, it was too dark to get a decent picture of Baby Barack with the car. You know I would if I could.


One final story about our adventure today. As we left the house this morning JT grabbed an orange cow bell to bring along. None of us knew how important that silly cow bell would be. It turns out that keeping 14 people together in the midst of a crowd of perhaps 2 million is tricky. That cow bell was a godsend, enabling us to have a rallying point even as we moved along with and through the crowd. And those of us who know and love JT know that she loves both being loud and being the center of attention. The cow bell was perfect! She also wore a matching orange hat, so all we did was listen for the cow bell and look for that hat and we were able to keep together.

Time to shut down the blog for the night. We'll be up at 6am for the 8 hour drive back home to Buffalo. Between traffic gridlock and being exhausted, we decided to stay over Tuesday night. All in all, this was a pretty incredible day. As many have expressed more eloquently than I ever could, we truly witnessed history today. And it was great to share the day as a family, representing many who couldn't be here. I'm sure that the enormity of what we witnessed will sink in slowly.

Stay tuned for more Baby Barack adventures on the road back to Buffalo and some final thoughts about our little road trip.