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All was quiet for the First Family on Monday morning, with no scheduled events and as of mid morning no movement from the Chilmark home in which the Obamas are staying.
President Obama went to the beach in the morning and played golf in the afternoon on Sunday.
A large entourage of some 15 vehicles in the Presidential motorcade exited Blue Heron Farm just before 10, bound for Pohoganot in the rural coastal perimeters of Edgartown, where the Obamas spent the late morning on a private, Atlantic-facing south shore beach. Mr. Obama left the beach between 12:30 and 1 p.m to head back to his favorite vacation haunt, the Vineyard Golf Club, a short distance away. Mrs. Obama and the children stayed at the beach.
President Obama made a brief appearance Saturday evening at the home of his former law school professor, Dr. Charles J. Ogletree Jr., for what was described by the White House as a social event.
About a hundred people attended the event, according to pool reports, and small crowds waved flags along nearby streets as the President’s motorcade drove to Oak Bluffs.
Vineyard author Ward Just’s latest novel is among President Obama’s reading choices for his summer vacation on the Island.
In addition to purchasing several books for his daughters Friday during a visit to Bunch of Grapes bookstore in Vineyard Haven, the President bought two books for himself: The Bayou Trilogy, a collection of three short noir novels by Daniel Woodrell; and Rodin’s Debutante, Mr. Just’s coming-of-age novel set in Chicago where he grew up, the White House said.
The Gazette will be following the First Family’s third annual visit to the Vineyard as the news dictates. We welcome your photos of, stories about and reactions to President Obama’s vacation. Please email us at [email protected].
President Obama arrived on the Vineyard yesterday afternoon to begin a 10-day vacation with his family, marking his third consecutive August visit to the Island during his presidency. Like the last two years, the arrival was low-key and closed to the public. Traveling with the President were White House counterterrorism chief John Brennan and deputy press secretary John Earnest, White House trip director Marvin Nicholson, White House photographer Pete Souza, and the family dog, Bo, freshly groomed for the trip.