Presidential Motorcade

With President Obama in town for a couple days making a series of stops around NC (he's spending tonight in Greensboro), we had an unusual but eventful Monday evening. We knew he'd be coming down Bryan Blvd within a minute of our home, but also figured out that he'd be on an interstate that runs right near Jacob's school (based on where police cars were situated along exit ramps as I drove home from work). We had a general idea of when he'd be coming through based on the President's schedule of events. Sure enough, minutes before we expected he'd be coming by, the normally busy highway became like a country road during the middle of the night with only a helicopter flying overheard. Finally, several motorcycle tandems came through followed by the President's motorcade minutes later. All political beliefs aside, it's such an impressive site! If President Obama happened to glance out the window of his bus while preparing for his next event, he saw a half-dozen kids waving to him from along a fence and several adults snapping pictures. Along that 1/2 mile stretch of highway, we were the only ones he would have seen as it's not a largely inhabited area. The kids seemed impressed by all the flashing lights and 30+ vehicles. We explained to them that it's possible they'll never be within 50 yards of a sitting president ever again. It was sort of fun to feel like history was driving right in front of us.