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Obamas head to Sea Life Park, Koko Marina
By Associated Press
POSTED: 10:48 a.m. HST, Dec 26, 2008
A day after spending a quiet Christmas evening at their vacation retreat, President-elect Barack Obama and his children watched a dolphin show at an aquatic park and then picked up some shave ice
Obama and his two daughters, Malia and Sasha, visited Sea Life Park today. Reporters were not allowed to join Obama inside the park, and aides to the president-elect did not immediately have a roster of who joined Obama for the 90-minute visit. Obama’s wife, Michelle, was not in reporters’ view during the outing.
Visitors to the park said the Obamas attended a dolphin show. Some visitors showed reporters snapshots they took with Obama, who assumes the office of president in less than a month.
Malia and Sasha later ate shave ice at Kokonuts Shave Ice and Snacks at the Koko Marina shopping center in Hawaii Kai while their dad downed a tuna melt from Paradise Cafe.
Obama and his family are on a 12-day trip to Obama’s native Hawaii, a family vacation the president-elect is trying to keep as private as possible.
Obama has largely stayed out of public view while at a rented vacation home near Honolulu. No speeches, no fundraisers, no forced political meetings. Just family and close friends, holed up behind stone and lava walls at the $9 million beachfront home for his last trip before he takes office on Jan. 20.
So far, it has worked.
Obama has ventured into public only a few times since arriving here from his home in Chicago last Saturday. He brought with him only four aides and his Secret Service detail. His comments to journalists have included little more than jokes about bar tabs or self-deprecating humor about his golf game.
Today, Obama made his daily trip to the Semper Fit Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and made small talk with onlookers who waited for him to leave the gym.
“You guys have a wonderful new year,” Obama said, moving down the makeshift ropeline as visitors snapped pictures with their cell phones.
On Christmas Day, Obama ventured from his home to thank Marines and sailors at the base. He spent more than an hour at the dining hall, posing for pictures between the ham, roast beef and turkey on the buffet. The trip came well after the network evening news programs had aired, a move that allowed him to visit without the suggestion of exploiting the military to get on TV.
A day after spending a quiet Christmas evening at their vacation retreat, President-elect Barack Obama and his children watched a dolphin show at an aquatic park and then picked up some shave ice
Obama and his two daughters, Malia and Sasha, visited Sea Life Park today. Reporters were not allowed to join Obama inside the park, and aides to the president-elect did not immediately have a roster of who joined Obama for the 90-minute visit. Obama’s wife, Michelle, was not in reporters’ view during the outing.
Visitors to the park said the Obamas attended a dolphin show. Some visitors showed reporters snapshots they took with Obama, who assumes the office of president in less than a month.
Malia and Sasha later ate shave ice at Kokonuts Shave Ice and Snacks at the Koko Marina shopping center in Hawaii Kai while their dad downed a tuna melt from Paradise Cafe.
Obama and his family are on a 12-day trip to Obama’s native Hawaii, a family vacation the president-elect is trying to keep as private as possible.
Obama has largely stayed out of public view while at a rented vacation home near Honolulu. No speeches, no fundraisers, no forced political meetings. Just family and close friends, holed up behind stone and lava walls at the $9 million beachfront home for his last trip before he takes office on Jan. 20.
So far, it has worked.
Obama has ventured into public only a few times since arriving here from his home in Chicago last Saturday. He brought with him only four aides and his Secret Service detail. His comments to journalists have included little more than jokes about bar tabs or self-deprecating humor about his golf game.
Today, Obama made his daily trip to the Semper Fit Center at Marine Corps Base Hawaii and made small talk with onlookers who waited for him to leave the gym.
“You guys have a wonderful new year,” Obama said, moving down the makeshift ropeline as visitors snapped pictures with their cell phones.
On Christmas Day, Obama ventured from his home to thank Marines and sailors at the base. He spent more than an hour at the dining hall, posing for pictures between the ham, roast beef and turkey on the buffet. The trip came well after the network evening news programs had aired, a move that allowed him to visit without the suggestion of exploiting the military to get on TV.
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