Today we were in American Fork looking around in a cute little baby store. We were amazed at how nice of a day it was and decided to (surprise, surprise) bust out the camera and take some pictures of Bella! We found this pretty little spot with trees and bushes and a rock for her to sit on. She was loving the attention and took some adorable pictures!
About 3:00 we decided it was time to head back to Provo, so we took toward I-15. As we approached the onramp, we noticed there were quite a few policemen around--not just your normal two or three talking on the side of the road, but about 6 different cars right there on the onramp and on the overpass. It looked like one of the cop cars was going to cut us off and not let us on the freeway, but he motioned for us to to get on and then blocked the onramp behind us. We thought that was really strange and were wondering what was going on and then it dawned on us--Vice President Cheney was speaking at BYU at 4:00 and his motorcade was probably on I-15 somewhere on his way to Provo! We got excited, moved into the right lane and slowed down hoping we could see his motorcade on the freeway, but we were a little too far ahead of him for that. It was really interesting because as we passed every onramp onto I-15 South, police had them blocked off and on every overpass there were anti-sniper policemen on foot patrolling the overpass. It seemed like every cop in Utah County was on duty. We knew the motorcade would exit on University Parkway, so we took that exit planning to stop and wait to see the Vice President pass. The sight on University was just as crazy as it was on I-15. There were police everywhere and they had every street intersection and parking lot entrance blocked off so that no one could get on or off of University Parkway. Luckily there was a gap in the baracade near the Golden Corral so we got off University and pulled into the parking lot. Bella must have known something exciting was going on because this whole time she was just laughing and talking in her carseat (the pictures are her during our motorcade excapade). Anyway, we got out of the car and proceeded to wait for the motorcade to pass. It was funny how many people were out and waiting for a glimpse. The east bound side of University Parkway was completely empty and the lights were green all the way to BYU. After about 10 minutes of waiting the motorcade finally arrived. It was preceded by about 30 highway patrolmen on motorcycles and then came the black SUVs, limos, vans, etc. They passed by pretty quickly, but we know Vice President Cheney was in there, as well as President Hinckley--we couldn't see them, but it was very exciting. Ok, so we're lame, but it was fun!
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