It's also a good place to catch up on my work. I'm a little bit behind in my mail right now. Camp David was the site of much Bush-family bonding during the presidency of Bush's father. The second Bush was keeping that tradition this weekend, spending it with his brother Marvin and sister Dorothy Bush Koch, who was married in 1992 at Camp David's chapel. They also took along a few aides, including his national security adviser, Condoleezza Rice, and the Bushes' springer spaniel, Spot.
Guests stay in various smaller cabins, each with a guest book chronicling who has been there before.
Aides say Bush finds freedom at Camp David, as also the privacy he cherishes but gets now only in small doses. The place is heavily guarded by Marines, gates and surveillance cameras. The security allows Bush to do normal-guy stuff like watching movies and taking a morning jog in the clean mountain air. When he travels on the road, he'll often run on a treadmill at his hotel room. So it's an opportunity for him to run outdoors, which he appreciates.