N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady

AOLNews ^ | April 26, 2010 | David Knowles

[rightwingintelligentsia]

(April 26) -- On a remote wooded path in North Carolina on Friday, a 65-year-old woman took a solitary hike. Little did she know she'd meet President Barack Obama and the first lady along the way.

The chance encounter happened when Westerville, Ohio, resident Karen Russell was hiking the Mountains-to-Sea Trail just off the Blue Ridge Parkway, Asheville's Citizen-Times newspaper reported.

"It was just a little nondescript trail that I was on," Russell told the Citizen-Times, "and I didn't expect to find anybody there really, let alone the president."

The Obamas had landed in Asheville that same day to catch a weekend vacation. The presidential motorcade had driven the Blue Ridge Parkway for about 15 minutes when the first couple decided to get out and take an hourlong hike.

Russell, who had also come to North Carolina on vacation, had already been on her trail for an hour when she noticed the cars on the parkway below. Then, in the middle of the forest, two Secret Service agents approached her.

[dmz]

I have no idea a) what you fixed, and b) why it needed fixing in the first place.

What is a ‘middle class vacation’?

[Trajan88]

I would’ve rather run into Big Foot than O and his wife.

[Stormdog]

The Obamanible MO-MAN

[SJSAMPLE]

Nobody “bumps” into The President.

[Never on my watch]

Reminds me of what Mark Twain (I think) said about golf:
A good walk - ruined.

And oh, this was as spontaneous and random as Bill Clinton finding a pile of rocks to make a cross on Normandy beach.

[Batman11]

“Sadie, you’ll never believe what happened to me, I was walking in the woods and I met the President and Patrick Ewing!”

[mlocher]

"And then I probably went 10 feet and I couldn't believe it," she told the Citizen-Times. "I just looked up and I said something really stupid, like, 'Are you who I think you are? You are!' "

And Obama's response: "Of course. And you are your typical white, elderly lady, right?"

[ladyvet]

Oh Come on! Chance encounter..... she was the ONLY one on that trail....the S.S. didn't have the entire trail closed off? B.S. and oh yeah...FUBO!!!

[Paladin2]

How did the hiker know it wasn’t a Wookie?

[Cyber Liberty]

What is a ‘middle class vacation’?

You'd have to ask someone at the White House. That's what they called it.

[FrdmLvr]

LOL!!!

[longtermmemmory]

I don’t see the secret service allowing such an accident...

[camerongood210]

I don’t see the secret service allowing such an accident...

They let this happen, but I could be wrong...

[Puppage]

I have no idea a) what you fixed, and b) why it needed fixing in the first place. What is a ‘middle class vacation’?

Because they SAID they were taking a middle class vacation, that's why.

[WKUHilltopper]

“N. Carolina Hiker Bumps Into President, First Lady”

Bumps? Probably couldn’t get past that huge buttock blocking the walking trail. Lucky that swinging mass didn’t knock her into a ditch...

[ProfoundMan]

The presidential motorcade had driven the Blue Ridge Parkway for about 15 minutes when the first couple decided to get out and take an hourlong hike.

Forget the politics - from a logistics point of view, it must be a nightmare trying to guard these people.

[dmz]

My apologies. I only read the attached article that used the term weekend.

[chris_bdba]

So she is one of them who gave Ohio to dumb@$$?

[Jewbacca]

“How did the hiker know it wasn’t a Wookie?”

Wookies have class.

[meatloaf]

That’s what I was thinking.