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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:29 PM
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PHOTOS The Grandest of Canyons (August 16)
Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 03:28 PM by Jackeens
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President Barack Obama and his family during a tour of the Grand Canyon in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona.


Pausing to take in the panorama, which is a dramatic view of a red rock buttte and the brown water of the Colorado River, POTUS tells his family that, "The last time I was here is when I was 11 years old."

Ranger Kraynak: "Does it look the same?"
POTUS: "It does."
FLOTUS, smiling: "He's not that old!"

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stray cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:31 PM
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1. It surely is grand!
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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:37 PM
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2. I always love your threads
and the photos you post.
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GoCubsGo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 02:58 PM
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3. Those lucky, lucky girls!
Yellowstone one day, the Grand Canyon the next... It doesn't get much better than that! Wish I was there, too.

Thanks for the photos, Jackeens. I always enjoy them
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:02 PM
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4. That sort of reminds me of some European tourists who plan
Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 03:02 PM by Arugula Latte
to see New York City one day, then go to Disneyworld the next, then the Grand Canyon, not realizing the distances between them. But if you're the prez, you can make it work. :)
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Hamlette Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:02 PM
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5. How wrong is it to stare at the President's ....
butt

I don't ever remember a President's butt that warranted a second look...but damn!
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:46 PM
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12. It would be wrong not to!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 09:19 PM
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15. Dont say "butt" about the POTUS!!!!
It is a "righteous onion!"
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Alcibiades Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:09 PM
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6. Don't care
I love this President, and the Grand Canyon. But he needs to get the Democrats on board with health care reform.
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ellie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:16 PM
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7. Nice!
Hubby and I camped on the north rim several years ago. It is just beautiful.
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handmade34 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:31 PM
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8. delightful!
to think that I was there just a couple of months ago and now my President is there looking at the same sight... that delights me
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annabanana Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:32 PM
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9. It is a breath-stealing vista.
I hope everyone gets a chance to see it in person at least once.
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Phx_Dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:43 PM
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10. No 11: Get away from the edge!! Yikes. It's beautiful, but I hate heights.
Great pics though!
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jesus_of_suburbia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 03:44 PM
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11. Awesome pics! Thanks Jackeens.
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Born_A_Truman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 05:56 PM
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13. I'm so glad he took the girls to the GC...
I took my grandchildren there over Memorial Day weekend this year--we booked the GC Railway package and I wish it would have been a longer stay. No pictures do the Grand Canyon justice, IMO--you have to be there in person to take it in. It is majestic.
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 09:19 PM
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14. ooh, I couldn't stand next to that ledge like that.....
.... just looking at those pics makes me woozy! lol
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Liberal_in_LA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 09:27 PM
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16. me either. Be careful Obama!
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 09:31 PM
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17. There were prob. 20 Secret Service Men........
Edited on Sun Aug-16-09 09:32 PM by Clio the Leo
standing at the bottom of the Canyon with one of those blow up thingies they throw down when they think someone's gonna jump from a building lol.

And on a related note, Sash decided to take a little excursion....

After a moment, Sasha broke from the family and took a seat on a rock to rest and drink water.

FLOTUS: "Sash, c'mere."
POTUS: "Whaddaya doin' all the way over there?"
FLOTUS, smiling: "She's done."

The yonger daughter, in black cap and sunglasses, rejoined the family.

http://www.politico.com/politico44/wbarchive/whiteboard08162009.html


the poor thing got t'ard.
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Zomby Woof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-16-09 11:47 PM
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18. Pictures do not do it justice
Been there many times. Used to live just 80 miles from the South Rim, and worked at the company HQ for the Grand Canyon Railway in Flagstaff.

Seeing it at sunset is sublime.
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tishaLA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 12:12 AM
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19. The Grand Canyon is maybe the most awe inspiring thing I ever saw
I stopped on my way from my home in Philadelphia to my home in LA. It was glorious, but I have to confess the beauty of NM--far more quotidian, in its way, and less aggressive--made me even more weak.
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Iwillnevergiveup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 12:27 AM
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20. Based on Picture #4
I predict Malia will be as tall as her dad by Christmas!

Great photos, but the heights - I'd have to look straight out, now down. Toes tingling.

K&R
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Egnever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 12:30 AM
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21. That struck me as well!
She seems to have grown a foot since the election!
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rasputin1952 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 07:20 AM
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22. #12..."If you look waaay down there...
near the bottom, you can see george w. bush's legacy"

:D
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lunatica Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-17-09 07:26 AM
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23. I bet he feels being President isn't so big a deal
It tends to cause awe inspired humbleness. The Grand Canyon is an ego bubble popper. Too bad Bush never went there. He could have used a little vanity adjustment.
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