Off to The Inaugural Ball

We made it back to the apartment and all of us plugged our phones in - since all of them had shut off. There were messages on Elissa's phone from WGRZ-TV, wanting to know about how the Inauguration went earlier that day. So, she called them back and our trip ended up on the news that evening.

WGRZ-TV report

We relaxed for a little bit and then got ready to head off to the ball. Bill and Allie went to get some supplies for the girls that night (they wanted to bake cookies while Bill and Elissa were off at the ball).

They opened the doors of the ball at 6:30 pm. We arrived around 7:30 pm and waited in line outside for almost an hour. Temperatures had dropped to about 25 degrees and it was very cold. Many women and men wore no coats and were freezing. The line wrapped around the building and went on for blocks and blocks. We almost bailed to go out to a nice, warm restaurant for dinner - but we stuck to it and were in the door by 8:15 pm.