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Obama lands in Long Beach!

Carrie and I had heard in the news yesterday that Obama was coming to Southern California today. This morning, I heard that Air Force One was going to be landing at the Long Beach airport! As fortune would have it, I had to be at Toyota HQ in Torrance at 2 today to pick up a test car, and Obama was to land at 3! Talk about the stars being aligned.


It was a truly festive scene there. There were many places one could watch from; I chose the airport fire station parking lot, which was packed but had a great view of the runway.


And there he is…a little speck on the horizon.


Touching down!


And a nice landing amidst deafening cheers, whistles, and applause.

Talk about brightening your day! See all of the pics by clicking below.

Obama lands in Long Beach

International political discussion

Just a quick update today: we had a full conversation with our cab driver, en español! The summary:


Him: ¿Americanos?
Us: ¡Sí! Vivimos en California.
Him: ¡¡¡SCHWARZENEGGER!!!
Us: ¡Ha! ¡Sí!
Him: Obama o McCain?
Us: OBAMA!
Him: Todos americanos quién tienen 20 años – Obama. 30 años – Obama. 40 años, 50 años, 60 años … McCain!
Us: Pero, nos padres tienen 60 años y los quieren Obama – pero vivimos en California!

There was a little more, but you get the picture. Also, this is not the first time we have gotten the “Schwarzenegger” response after saying we’re from California!