Inauguration spurs some to leave town

The skies, roads and rails will soon be full of more than a million descending upon D.C., which is exactly why many Washington-area residents are setting their sights as far from the capital as possible.

“Even if I can walk on the sidewalks, I have this vision in my head of an anthill and people running around everywhere,” said Ashley Garber, a Georgetown lawyer soon to be skiing in Breckenridge, Colo. “I just wouldn’t be able to enjoy the city the way I normally do.”