Obama in Reno!

Big excitement here! Yesterday Seth, Tess and I made a trek to Reno on a beautiful Autumn day to see Barack Obama!! He was speaking at the University of Nevada. There were so many people! All ages, colors and gender.....everyone totally stoked to see Sen. Obama. After snaking through a long, long line.....it took about an hour.....we finally got through security. We worked our way up toward the stage and found a pretty good observation point. I think we were about a couple of hundred feet ........I suck at distance estimates....from the podium. However, there were masses of people in front of us and so a clear view of him speaking was often hit or miss. He gave a very stirring speech.....sprinkled with a clear sense of humor. He spoke for approx. 30 minutes....keeping the majority of the crowd spellbound. When he was done speaking we headed over to where his car was waiting and it was there that Tess got the best photo......we were about 50 ft away. Before he got over to the car however Seth noticed that Obama had moved down into the crowd and was shaking hands so he headed over there . He didn't shake hands , but got a close up view! .

We finally headed back to the car ......a long hike back......among the throngs of happy supporters!

We had a beautiful drive home ......the foliage is amazing right now......my Ipod controlled the air waves........I couldn't have been happier!