I met up with my little mentee and went down to Echo. On our way down she informed me “You know… I really don’t even like Michelle, because of her visit to Burlington, she caused mad traffic and I couldn’t see my boyfriend today”. Oh my—what’s important when you’re 17!
I had no idea what to expect. Just as we got there, around 5:15, the motorcycle part of the motorcade was leaving to get her. We basically stood around and waited for about 40 minutes, then in a quick procession of 4 motorcycles and some state troopers, Michelle & co. breezed through and went in the back door of Echo. (That’s not how it went in my head. In my head, she was supposed to stop, get out and walk in the front door so we could see her!)
This is the only one she’s actually in, but it was cool to see the hoopla surrounding the event. She’s in the back window, she waved. And that's Greg in yellow. He got to chill with the Secret Service-cool! He was there for four hours before she arrived. His job was to "protect the integrity" that means after the police dogs go though the area, he keeps it safe. There was a sniper down there too, and Coast Guard and State Troopers patrolling the waterfront. Makes total sense, but it never occurred to me that would happen. Guess that's why I do what I do, and they do what they do!
That’s my little mentee capturing it all with her iphone. Once we got down to the waterfront, she got over herself, and was really excited, giving all her friends on facebook a play by play.Here are some more pics if you’re interested…they aren’t great, just warning you now!
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