***(Editor’s Note:  Josh McGrath is a Columnist and Collegiate Commentator for “The Thirsty Quill.”  Although he is currently a student at Wingate University, Josh will be reporting for ‘The Quill’ from Washington, DC over the next few days, site of Tuesday’s Presidential Inauguration. As always, we appreciate Josh’s commitment and service to “The Thirsty Quill.”)***

“Inauguration Update #2″

By: Josh McGrath, Columnist

I arrived at my college’s cafeteria at the strike of 12:00 in order for the caravan to DC to leave on time. As we loaded our suitcases, duffle bags, and backpacks into our assigned 12-passenger van, a camera man from Channel 3 News filmed our departure. Hopefully I’ll make it onto tv this evening! 

Our caravan consists of 6 full-size vans, packed with 7 talkative college students and 1 school official. Our van is currently third in line, and we are following a van whose driver thinks he’s in the Indy 500 (must be an Obama supporter). 

We’ve completed 15 minutes of our 8 hour journey before we run into trouble. Van #2 has a flat tire. I guess the van wasn’t all it was cracked up to be when the school rented it from XXXXXXX. It sort of reminds me of Obama’s policies, but as I said before, I’m going to support Obama as our next President…not to argue his policies. So I’ll try to stay away from arguments as much as possible.