HAIL TO THE CHIEF . . . STATE #49

PRESIDENT OBAMA PROMISED TO VISIT

ALL 50 STATES WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT.

WE ARE STATE #49 FOR HIM TO VISIT.

(BUT, TO GIVE HIM A BREAK...HE WAS SCHEDULED TO VISIT UTAH
A FEW YEARS EARLIER, BUT IT WAS WHEN IT WAS 
LDS PRESIDENT GORDON B. HINCKLEY'S FUNERAL.

THAT WOULD HAVE REALLY COMPLICATED THINGS.)

IS THIS NOT THE MOST GORGEOUS SETTING FOR AIR FORCE ONE?

(PHOTOS FROM KUTV 2 NEWS)

EXITING THE MOST SECURE PLANE IN THE WORLD!

GREETING GOVERNOR HERBERT
(MARK SAID HE COULDN'T GO, BECAUSE IT HAPPENED
SOOOO FAST, THEY COULD NOT GET BACKGROUND
CHECKS DONE PAST THE GOVERNOR AND LT. GOVERNOR.)

MEETING WITH LDS LEADERS

(PRETTY MUCH A REQUIREMENT FOR A US PRESIDENT VISITING UTAH)

 PRESIDENT OBAMA, IN HIS SPEECH,
ANNOUNCED THAT HILL AIR FORCE BASE WILL PARTICIPATE
IN A SOLAR TRAINING PROGRAM.

HE BEGAN HIS SPEECH AT 11:00 A.M.
WITHIN 30 MINUTES, HE SPOKE, HE AND HIS
ENTOURAGE (INCLUDING THE PRESS), BOARDED 
AIR FORCE ONE...AND JUST LIKE THAT, THE
MOST POWERFUL PERSON IN THE WORLD HAD LEFT THE STATE!
(15 HOURS TOTAL)

I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY, THROUGH DON WARD, TO GET TO SEE

PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH ON AUGUST 30, 2006.

I CANNOT DESCRIBE THE FEELINGS I HAD OF SEEING

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES . . . IN PERSON!!!

(I SAW PRESIDENT GERALD FORD WHEN I WAS A STUDENT AT BYU.

IT WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE.  1978)

MY VIEW OF AIR FORCE ONE.  I ALSO SAW IT FLY OVER

REID'S HOUSE IN PLEASANT GROVE WITH 

PRESIDENT REAGAN ON IT!

"GET THAT HEAD OUT OF THE WAY, SO I CAN SEE ANN!"

I BELIEVE PRESIDENT BUSH IS SAYING,

"I LOVE ANN MITCHELL THIIIIS MUCH!"

NOW, ON TO STATE #50 . . . SOUTH DAKOTA!