My inaugural adventures started out on Saturday, January 17, 2009. I woke up at 6 and drove the 5 hours from Lynchburg, Va. to Edgewood, Md. to catch the inaugural train. President Obama and Vice President Biden took a "whistle stop" train tour from Philadelphia, Penn. to Washington, DC. (reminiscent of Abraham Lincoln's same inaugural train trip in 1861) The atmosphere was electric as thousands of people braved the cold at the Edgewood MARC station to try and get a glimpse at the inaugural train.

Here are some photos from Inauguration Day, 2009. Thanks for looking!

Coffee we can believe in:

Of course it wouldn't have been an inauguration if a few trouble makers hadn't shown up.

I stopped in to see my family on the way back from working at the archives in Roanoke this week. We had a little snow and I spent most of the night chasing freight trains in my old stomping grounds. Watching the glowing headlights of an approaching train light up a snowy right of way in the middle of the night is pure magic.

Stopped by my old high school for a basketball game. We didn't lose!!!

Spent thanksgiving with my family at the beach. I love my little sister Laura.

Mae and her son Carroll live alongside the railroad tracks outside Eubank, Ky. and sell firewood for a living. They live in part of an abandoned general store and use two woodstoves to cook their meals and heat their home during the winter months.

Democratic Presidential Candidate Barack Obama, D-Ill, addresses over 10,000 supporters at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheater in Virginia Beach, Va., Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.

McCain/Palin rally. Virginia Beach, Va. 10/13/08