Escape from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue!

Anyone who's ever endured summer in Washington should sympathize with a President's urge to escape the capital for a week (or four). And when you consider that it's no picnic being leader of the free world, it's hardly surprising that these commanders-in-chief tend to look forward to their vacations — strolling the links, frolicking on a beach or galloping around a ranch — just as much as the rest of us do.