Travel Pool Reports of February 12, 2021

White House Travel Pool #1- JBA

Greetings from JBA. President Biden is heading to Camp David for the weekend via Hagerstown, Maryland.

The president arrived at JBA on Marine One at 6:10 pm

He greeted crew and wearing mask and long coat waved to pool and boarded.

He saluted from top of stairs

It's 28 degrees and overcast but dry.

We're traveling on the smaller plane.

Wheels up for Hagerstown Regional Airport shortly.

White House Travel Pool #2- Hagerstown arrival

AF1 lifted at 6:25 pm and landed in Hagerstown at 6:51 pm after an uneventful flight with no visitors to the press cabin.

Flight was 25 min and 57 seconds (thank you co-pooler Michael Shear)

President Biden exited AF1 wearing a mask and leather jacket. He went straight into a waiting SUV without stopping.

It is 27 degrees and dry.

There's more snow on the ground than back in D.C.

We're rolling toward Camp David.

Travel pool #3 — Camp David

Motorcade arrived at Camp David and broke from pool vans at 7:47 pm after a 40-minute ride.

Pool vans sat on a secluded road as president's SUV and other vehicles turned up another road.

Pool held in vans in wooded area before starting trip back to D.C.

Earlier, the motorcade traveled through a small business area near the airport and a man filmed it with his phone and waved vigorously outside the Break Away II Sports Lounge.

Law enforcement blocked off a few intersections as lines of cars waited for the motorcade to go through.

From there, it was mostly a slow roll through rural towns on state routes 60, 418 and 64 with the red and blue lights blinking against the darkness.

A sign in front of one small house-like structure advertised "dinner rolls" and "cut lettuce."

On windy roads closer to Camp David, a Smoky the Bear sign said the fire danger was "Low" today.

Travel pool #4 — Lid

The White House called a travel/photo lid at 8:33 p.m.

Have a pleasant evening.