My Day at the Rally
I arrived at Union Station in rough shape. Not only was I sleep-deprived, but the train managed to leave me incredibly motion sick. So I wasn't in a very good mood from the outset. I did began to brighten somewhat as I lurched toward the Washington Mall, especially due to the infectious excitement displayed by my fellow rally-goers... my nausea fading helped too. This lasted right up until I saw the MVP section closest to the stage. Well, okay fine--it makes sense they'd want to reserve that. I continued onward for a couple minutes and saw another gate. This one was for "Special Guests". So all of those people you may have seen on the live stream? Almost all MVPs, maybe some of the special guests. The actual normal folks were far enough back you could see the stage existed, but nothing ON the stage. Wow, it's even hard to see the red "circle" outlining the stage in that pic. I did get there early enough to snag a good spot near the first row of jumbo-tro...