Sorry I missed your thread last week. Yea, I've done the run to the wall a couple of times in the last 5 years. It is definitely the largest gathering of scooters you will ever see in one parking lot. We usually go a couple of days early, and check out the sites before the traffic gets bad. It is tough to see those guys who have actually been there and done that. Only to have the govt. turn it's back on them. Definitely a good cause, for all the good it seems to do. :^(
As about a dozen of us were waiting in line to go up in the Washington Monument one day, one of the guys peeled off really fast when he noticed the metal detectors at the entrance. Come to find out, he had been packing for 2 days as we toured DC. We got a good laugh out of that one.
BTW, we always ride em. No matter if it's 100 mile round trip or 3000 mile round trip. We ride em.