Jeanne and I were lucky enough to get tickets (along with 84,000 other people, according to news reports), to see Barack Obama accept the Democratic nomination for President of the United States of America. I put together a short video of our day - which is below.
In short, we left our house at 10am, caught a 10:20 bus from Boulder to Denver, entered the Stadium about 1:30, Obama went on at about 8pm, and we were home by midnight. It was, in short, amazing. The energy of the crowd, the diversity of people we saw there, and the sheer spectacle of it was something I've never seen. It was like a Pink Floyd concert, with more secret service sharpshooters and less weed.
Unfortunately, the lighting was either intense sunlight or really bright spotlights, so the video is a bit washed out looking, but it's got some good shots in there. Here's the short video of our day:
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Great video! It was a historic speech and Kathryn and I are thrilled that you were able to go. See you soon!
I missed the hockey video in June but really enjoyed watching it now. Love the beard.
As for the Obama event, I hope you had earplugs, because it sounded awfully loud on TV. I didn't spot you in the crowd. Something to remember all your life. Now if he can just beat Governor Palin.
And Max is walking! No more babies. Sweet and sad, I'm sure.
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We kept looking for you in the crowd, but, yeah, we didn't ever see you. : ) We were listening to all the pre-stuff on the radio as we traveled in the van and just as Obama was being introduced we got to our appointment, so we didn't get to hear it. I read as much as I could in the paper the next day, but I know it had no where near the same impact. It was cool that he got to give his speech on the anniversary of King's I Have A Dream speech. How great that you got to be there!
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