Walkin' man

[glatt]

Walkin' man stretched his legs at lunch time today.

There's a buzz in the air in Washington DC. Literally. Police helicopter flying around and scattered sirens with a chance of street closures.

The hotel across the street has a Trump supporter staying in it. He alternates between parking this rig in front of the hotel and driving it around through the downtown with carnival music blaring. Waves to everyone as he drives by. I waved back and smiled.




There are jersey walls set up on the sidewalks all over downtown, waiting to be put in place across the streets to block off the entire downtown tonight.


And I don't know why these guys are here, but they must have some mission. It's lunch time and they are taking a break.

[glatt]

these guys are doing a sound check for their anti-Trump party in Franklin Square Park. This is the park I trailblazed years ago. The path is still there.

This surveillance camera is new. Looks like a big battery pack in the base or maybe even a quiet generator. It has flashing cop lights at the top.

Next to the camera is this mailbox. Not using it today. This is about 5 blocks from the parade route, but right next to a metro station.

And here are the guys dropping off the jersey walls a few blocks further along my walk.

[glatt]

I thought these cameras had telescoping poles that could even be dropped down level, but they are servicing it with a cherry picker. Tax dollars. Don't have to be efficient.




And I think this is a gas sniffer. Not sure what it is sniffing for.

At the top of this picture is a church near the White House where Trump will attend a service tomorrow morning I think. So they have these crowd control walls at the ready.

[glatt]

And since it's supposed to rain on Trump tomorrow, they have a nice tent set up for guards.

There were some Canadians visiting or something. People were taking pictures of them, so I did too.

Here I was at the north side of Lafayette Park, 1 block from the White House. You can see the tall crowd fences in the background. They are serious about security here because this is where Trump is supposed to review the parade from behind thick bullet proof glass. Just as I got here, the police and Secret Service started pushing all the pedestrians back away from the street. Only one reason for that. the motorcade was about to come through. But my damn phone was running out of batteries and giving me grief, so I missed the shot. I saw Obama though. Or at least a silhouette that might have been him.

[glatt]

I'm glad I had pictures then so people would know what I was going on about.

[Clodfobble]

I had never known what they were called. I just think of them as "those little temporary concrete barrier things, you know, when they do construction, with the little rampy bit at the bottom so you drive up the wall instead of just sideswiping it?"

[xoxoxoBruce]

That rampy bit at the bottom is so your tire hits before your fender.

[glatt]

Walking home

Indianapolis cops

[Gravdigr]

A little out of their jurisdiction.

They must be in hot pursuit!

[Griff]

As much as I like these pictures you could not pay me enough to go to DC this weekend. Of course my office mate is going because she's pissed off about Trump... As bad as his cabinet looks she's probably right to be preemptively pissed, but I'm going to give it a week or so.

[captainhook455]

Aichten lieber I got that photo of the bikes. First pic I've viewed since the change. I shall get on my knees and pray whole heartingly that I may view another.

tarheel

[Elspode]

Is this the thread where I start posting about my despair...or is there another one more on topic?

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Elspode

Is this the thread where I start posting about my despair...or is there another one more on topic?

The thread? Hell, this is the website for that very thing!

[glatt]

This is supposed to be 360

[Pico and ME]

Thank you, Glatt.