Poor Grandma Parr!

Grandma and Uncle Richard tried to get onto the Washington Mall this morning to see the inaugeration of our 44th president, Barack Obama. But even though they spent the night downtown, got up at 5:00 in the morning, and had tickets to access the area near the Capital, the crowds were so thick the organizers were so incompetent, they could not get through. After waiting in the freezing cold for 3 hours, they gave up and went back to Grandma and Grandpa Parr's house, which was relatively easy to do, given a) it was only 4 miles away and b) everyone else was downtown for the inaugeration. They ended up watching the swearing-in on TV, along with Grandpa Parr, two dogs, and about 200 million other people.