Sanity Restored?

So as you all have probably heard today was the big Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear in Washington, D.C. With all of the things we have had going on recently, I had actually sort of forgotten about it until last night when Jason asked if we were going to go.  My initial answer was no—as much fun as it sounded, I was a little turned off by the idea of being shoulder-to-shoulder with 60,000 other people for most of the day when all I really wanted to do was relax this weekend. But after a good night’s sleep, I decided we should at least give it a shot. So off we went into the city to take part in a faux political rally.

We came, we saw, we left after 20 minutes.

Despite our best efforts, we did not make it there in time to get a spot close enough to the stage (or even the jumbotrons) to be able to see or hear all that much. And as I had initially feared, the crowds were pretty nuts…I was just starting to feel claustrophobic when Jason suggested we high tail it home and watch it on the DVR instead.

Although we did not see too much, it was still pretty interesting to be a part of the insanity (to restore sanity) for a short time at least.  You can see more of how our day went below:

10:30am: We get the metro and it looks like this. A train goes by and no one is able to get on. Plan B: walk the 3-4 miles to the Mall instead.

12:00pm: We finally make it to the outer edge of the Mall (we did not choose the most direct walking route and so it took longer than we thought to get there). There are a lot of people walking towards the rally.

There are A LOT of people....and we aren't even there yet.

The best part of the trip was seeing all the signs people had made. One one side this guy's sign says "Liberals are appealing" (you know, cause he's dressed like a banana); on the other-"Orange you glad I'm not a teabagger."

We're getting closer!

But not close enough....this is about as far as we were able to get. And the stage is in front of the Capitol.

This was one of my favorite signs. The other side was a picture of Hitler and the caption read "Adolf Hitler, THAT GUY was a NAZI." Because whether you agree or disagree with the current Administration's politics, the name-calling has gotten a little out of control these days.

I also liked the sign on the left that said "Actually, the end isn't near. So there's time to, like, think and talk things through."

12:50pm: Did I mention there were a lot of people there?! This was as we were leaving the Mall to get the heck out of there.