Hunter and I could not get a flight into DC when we looked into plane tickets in November. So we prevailed upon Hunter's niece to put us up at her home an hour outside of Wilmington DC. We then made plans to take the Amtrack to DC. on Sunday 1/ As it turned out we were able to go into Wilmington the Saturday to catch President-elect Obama and VP -elect Biden on Saturday
The first picture you can see the tower of the train station as the police begin to block the streets off, allowing only pedestrian traffic. In the next photo ,evidence of Homeland Security presence .
Lynn and I pose in from of the huge flag they are getting ready to raise .We are dressed in many layers just a preview for what we will need to do in DC .You can see it in position in a later shot.
We get a good lookout above the crowd and overlooking the stage . Now we just have 3 hours to wait for the arrivial of Obam's train. Wilmington will be the first stop after their departure from Philidelphia. An of coarse, this is Bidens home where he commuted every day by way of Amtrack. In his speech he told some stories about that experience. Lynn teaches at the same college that Mrs Biden did.
I carried the North Pole City flag which we hung over the edge. Hunter and Lynn are waving for the picture. The Wilmington Sunday News Journel pictures of the crowds and you can pick out the the flag (although just bearly).
In the last picture the presidents train or one of the decoys leaves the station as we work our way back to our car.
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