// Day1 Construction was going extremely well. By midnight we already had most of our solar panels up, our pex was going in, and the deck was already framed. On top of that, he house was connected and the interiors were safe. Yet there was always a catch, some of the ABS pipe fittings Erica and I needed had been left behind in Santa Clara. That means a home depot run (they are not our sponsor, we are just a very frequent client).

Except, in DC, we don't have a car. Yet we had the metro! So we went on our merry way to the Home Depot, missing a stop along the way and getting the school photographer's arm stuck in the train car doors (we got it out and saved his camera). When we arrived we were shocked to find out that the ABS pipe we had come to love was not carried in the DC area, so we had to use rigid PVC in some places instead. Then the shock set in: We had to buy 30 feet of pipe, and take in on the metro!

When we checked out, we asked to be taped up. They asked why, and we said "we are going on the metro", and a clerk gave us a look as if we had just sworn. "Yeah, best of luck to you. I don't know how this is going to go." We passed the three taped together pipes over the entry points into the metro and then walked to where the train would arrive. The first train was nice and roomy, and with some minor adjustment, we were in. When it was time to leave, we did frustrate one man in a suit, but other than that, we left without comment.

The second train was a different story though, it was completely packed (remember, this was at 5:15pm rush hour). We apologized for the inconveniece, but no one said a thing. They looked as if this was a completely typical thing, and no one mentioned anything. We exited without comment.

So this says one of two things:
1) Public transit is so well adopted that people expect anything on it.
2) There is just a culture difference between coasts and people are more private.

Either way, it was an adventure!