So, we made plans a while back to spend some time in Somerset this past weekend. We then heard about President Trump's visit to Richmond. We briefly thought about rescheduling our trip, and avoiding the Richmond area for the weekend. Nothing against Trump, it's just that a presidential visit can really screw up traffic. We were in Austin Texas a few years ago and actually totally changed our plans when we found out that President Obama would be coming through. You just don't want to be on the roads when a president and their entourage are going to be around.
I had hear that doors would be opened for the Richmond event at 4, and Trump's appearance would be at 7. So, we were in Somerset finishing things up maybe around 4. We had planned to take 27 all the way back to Lexington, but then we thought that any traffic issues near Richmond should be cleared up by the time we drove through.... so we decided to drive back home on I-75.
So we drove north on 75. We did start to notice that there was no traffic going south. None. AND, as we passed the Richmond exits, we saw where cops were holding up traffic there too.
There really wasn't a lot of traffic going north either... and, other than a few other cars here and there, we felt like we had the road to ourselves. We did notice a few clusters of people here and there standing in business parking lots watching the road.
We did see a couple of cop cars speeding south at one point... and then maybe five minutes later we noticed a HUGE cluster of vehicles, moving fast and with emergency lights all around. A cluster of motorcycles was followed closely by black SUVs, with an obvious PRESIDENTIAL LIMO in the mix, followed by a couple of ambulances!
The vehicles were moving fast, but there was no doubt about it! We had just watched President Trump go by us!
We did exit in Lexington, and you could see where traffic had been held up for the President. We very well could have been held up in traffic ourselves under different circumstances, but we ended up having a nice drive home... and seeing the Presidential limo as we made our way north.
Also, I have added a couple of photos a friend took of President Trump actually at the Richmond event.
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