I almost didn't go to the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. I've been sick with a chest cold all week, was up coughing most of the night, and wasn't sure I was going to be up for standing out on the Mall for several hours. But in the end, the weather was warmer than expected, and for all the years I've lived in the DC area, I've never been to a rally, so I hauled my wheezing self out of bed and off to the rally.
We got to the Shady Grove Metro station and my eyes just about bugged out of my head when I saw a line of people coming out of the Metro station and trailing out past the parking garage and wrapping around the outer parking lots. The garage itself was oddly empty, so I don't know where all those people came from, but it was pretty obvious where they were going.
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Once the rally ended, the crowd cleared out in an orderly fashion, leaving the Mall relatively unscathed, as you see in the final photo. We headed up to Elephant & Castle to finish celebrating![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
chelseafrew's birthday, then finally home on a slightly less crowded Metro.
My lungs and feet are definitely paying the price now, but it was worth going. I forgot to TiVo the broadcast, so I'm just hoping it shows up online somewhere so I can, you know, see what actually happened.
In the meantime, I'm hoping to stop coughing long enough to watch Merlin before bed!
We got to the Shady Grove Metro station and my eyes just about bugged out of my head when I saw a line of people coming out of the Metro station and trailing out past the parking garage and wrapping around the outer parking lots. The garage itself was oddly empty, so I don't know where all those people came from, but it was pretty obvious where they were going.
( Cut for a LOT OF PICTURES )
Once the rally ended, the crowd cleared out in an orderly fashion, leaving the Mall relatively unscathed, as you see in the final photo. We headed up to Elephant & Castle to finish celebrating
chelseafrew's birthday, then finally home on a slightly less crowded Metro.My lungs and feet are definitely paying the price now, but it was worth going. I forgot to TiVo the broadcast, so I'm just hoping it shows up online somewhere so I can, you know, see what actually happened.
In the meantime, I'm hoping to stop coughing long enough to watch Merlin before bed!
