At the Ellipse ..

It is now after 5 p.m, getting dark, and chilly. I put on my jacket.  Getting closer to the Ellipse.   People still marching.   The barriers at the back end of the White House were a perfect repository for more signs.  The White House is between 16th and 17th on Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.

After looking at the signs (and taking photos), I decided that it time to walk back to Chinatown (7th Street) and find a place to eat.   I had already walked more than two miles so what is another half mile or so.   I think it was about 10th Street when a policeman said we had to get on the sidewalk as Pennsylvania Avenue was being reopened.  Of course, my right ankle gave out as I stepped on the curve.  I put my right hand down to try to prevent the fall.  That didn't work.  A number of women came running, as did the policeman.  He said: protect her head.  (My head had not hit the pavement.)  I was more concerned about my camera (one of the women had it and said it's fine (said she was a photographer so she understood my concern.)

I told the police officer that I didn't need an ambulance, that it was my foot and my knee that hurt.  One of the women turned out be a nurse, and she briefly examined me. Another woman asked me if I were with anyone.  I said: No, I came alone.  They helped me up and walked with me for a few blocks.  I said I was fine, hungry and in need of a strong drink.

The police officer saw me and asked me how I was . I said fine, a little sore.  I told him it was his fault because he asked me to get on the sidewalk.  He laughed.  

Huge line of marchers waiting to get into the Archives Metro station. I kept walking to 7th, then turned left, walked a few blocks toward Chinatown.  Restaurants were filled with marchers (great for the economy).  I ended up at the bar at the Green Turtle -- played the age card, and a nice young man (a marcher) gave up his seat.  I ordered a Blue Moon and something to eat.

By the time I got to the Metro at Gallery Place, there were no lines (still lots of marchers traveling by Metro).  No Rush Plush Yellow so I had to switch for the Blue at King Street.

A glimpse of the South Portico

Signs in a restaurant window