Planes, Trains, and Automobiles

After an early wake up call and a brief interview with Channel 2 we were headed onto our flight for Minneapolis. The flight went just great with all of luggage and people making it to Minneapolis on time. We made a stop for Starbucks and other food places for brunch. We had quite a bit of a layover in Minneapolis and a hour delay, which we spent playing cards : D After all the hustle and bustle we arrived in Washington DC, followed by quite a bit of shuffling around to regain our baggage which some people needed to have checked due to lack of space on our flight.
After bus and metro ride we rushed to our hotel because the delay led to some serious problems with scheduling. We dropped our luggage at the hotel and made a hasty escape to the Rayburn House Office Building and Hart Senate Office Building to claim our tickets for the Inauguration . We spent quite a bit of time in Congressman Kagen's office, sitting in his chairs and taking his Jolly Ranchers.
In our futile attempt to find a cost efficient and close restaurant we finally settled on a more expensive hotel restaurant. With 15 dollar hamburgers and 12 dollar pizzas how can you go wrong?! We made our final trip on the metro back to our hotel to get some much needed rest for the long and exciting day ahead, set to start at 5 am!