Jackie & the Veep

The best part of our big field trip week, by far, was the chance encounter we had at the Hotel Del Coronado.

Early on, Jackie (who has some kind of built in radar for military and police) pointed out a guy standing at a ballroom door who he was sure was undercover law enforcement. Then, when we were just about to leave, Michael happened to see a large gathering of people and ran over to see what was going on. He learned that the Vice President of the United States was just about to exit the hotel. Jackie's instict was right on. Cool! Now, the fact that we saw a tricked-out-Counter-Terrorist-Unit-type Homeland Security van driving down the 5 freeway a couple of days earlier made a lot more sense.

Anyway, we waited around for about 15 minutes when suddenly there he was. Vice President Biden smiled for the crowd,


and then pointed at someone special.


Lo and behold, he made a bee-line straight for Jackie,


shook his hand and tussled his hair, and made a joke about it being full of sand,


and then pointed out that at least Jackie still has hair


which got a big laugh from everyone.


And then he was whisked off followed by black Secret Service suburbans, helicopters, emergency trucks, and those über-cool Homeland Security vehicles.

Even though we're not exactly fans of Joe Biden, the politician, we have enormous respect for the office he holds, so it was a HUGE thrill (especially for Jackie) to personally meet and greet Joe Biden, the Vice President!

What a fun and exciting way to end Field Trip week!