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Peace Corps Project. The Secret Service have had little trouble with sightseers. So far. the road past Glen Ora has been a mess. It's better now, and last Sunday there was quite a caravan, led by a woman driver who got past the gatehouse, followed by about ten other cars. She was stopped, naturally, and everybody had to start backing (the country road past the entrance to Glen Ora is definitely one way). The tourist approach will probably change as the weather improves. Virginia's Historic Garden Week and the Middleburg Races in April bring a flush of tourists, even in normal times. These will, undoubtedly, wend their way to Glen Ora, but all they'll see will be the gatehouse entrance, the top of the roof of the main house, and a couple of miles of tortured stone walls on either side of the country road past the farm. Part of the Peace Corps could be used to rebuild them, as in the old WPA days.
There has been, naturally, interest shown in real estate around Middleburg since the First Family's occupation, but there are few additional places on the market. There is little temptation among millionaires to sell for a quick buck. They came for fox hunting and horse breeding, and do not intend leaving. Their feeling is that everything will be back to normal in four years.
* Rat catcher (informal clothes, brown boots) is worn on drooly days or bye-days (extra hunting days not listed on the appointment card;, and for cubbing (training the young hounds to follow the scent and hunt with the pack).