Posted on 07/10/2010 4:21:51 PM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
BANGOR, Maine — The first family will spend next weekend vacationing on Mount Desert Island, according to U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree.
President Barack Obama and his family are scheduled to arrive Friday, July 16, and stay through Sunday, July 18.
Information about where the family would stay and the sights they might take in while visiting Maine was not available Friday night. The visit is a personal family vacation and no public appearances are scheduled, Pingree said.
“What an honor that the Obama family has chosen Maine for vacation when they could have gone anywhere in the country,” she said. “I think the Obamas will really enjoy the quiet woods, beautiful coast, wonderful people and everything else that brings thousands of families here every year.”
While White House officials were mum about where on the island the first family would stay, Obama has political connections on MDI. George Mitchell, U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace, owns a home in Seal Harbor. Mitchell and his wife, Heather, have two children, Andrew, 12, and Claire, 9. The Obama children, Malia and Sasha, are 12 and 9, respectively.
Last August, the first family visited Yellowstone National Park and Grand Canyon National Park. The Obamas also spent time on Martha’s Vineyard in August 2009.
Information about whether the family would arrive in Air Force One, the presidential jet, was not available. Neither the Bar Harbor Airport in Trenton nor the Portland International Jetport has runways long enough to accommodate the Boeing 747.
Air Force One could land at Bangor International Airport and the Obamas could take a helicopter to the airport in Trenton, then take a motorcade to MDI. Last summer, Air Force One landed on Cape Cod, the family took a helicopter to Martha’s Vineyard, then rode in a motorcade to the 28-acre compound where they stayed.
He looks like he's on his way to catch the little yellow bus with his mommy but forgot his helmet.
What is this the 3rd vacation since the oil spill started? Does he ever do anything excpet be on TV making speeches that say exactly zero or be busy taking over American companies?
No camp David is just their weekend get away nearly every weekend.
Well, from all that golf, of course!
Holy Cow.. I am glad he is getting a vacation.. why, what has it been? 3 weeks? and only got to play golf twice this week? Poor baby /s
No, let him go! If I remember correctly last time he was up in that area that deep river driver TEDDY passed away. Here’s hoping!
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My personal favorite...”I’m praying for rain and lots of fog for that weekend.”
George Mitchell is 77 YRS OLD!!!!
Will he be golfing? He might try to get out and play some golf, it could help with all the stress with the bad economy and still leaking oil spill?
Does anyone know how many days he’s actually been “working” in the WH. Las Vegas last week, Maine coming up, clandestine appearances at burger joints, sporadic visits to childrens’s classrooms. There’s nothing this man won’t do to get out of the house.
Camp David is a whitey hang-out. He's chaning things, Man!!!
Chellie Pingree. A mutant libtard moron! Honor my ASS! He’s a fungus, a curse, a disease that needs eradication before it kills us!
From your link about the island:
“Current notable summer residents include David Rockefeller, Martha Stewart,[7] Susan Sarandon and Tim Robbins.”
Zer0 needs to vacation in Kenya.
I guess being in a job he can’t do and being married to that witch would drive any normal man to be on the road regularly. I use normal carefully in this case, he ain’t, at least not by American standards.
Word!
Ice Baby...
This guy has had more vacations than most people have vacation DAYS!
Does he ever work? (Rhetorical question!)
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