(Unofficial log of Bush visits maintained by News Ten from 2001-2009. To share your memories of Bush trips to Central Texas, scroll down and leave a comment.

02/16/01: WEEKEND VISIT, LANDED AT TSTC (FIRST VISIT AS PRESIDENT)
03/09/01: WEEKEND VISIT, LANDED AT FORT HOOD
04/12/01: EASTER WEEKEND VISIT, LANDED AT FORT HOOD, ATTENDED SUN SERVICES @ CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH
06/08-06/10/01: WEEKEND VISIT, LANDED AT FORT HOOD
06/21-6/25/01: WEEKEND VISIT, LANDED AT FORT HOOD
08/04/01: ARRIVES AT FT HOOD FOR EXTENDED VACATION
08/07/01: GOLF AT RIDGEWOOD W/SIBLEY
08/08/01: WORKS ON WACO HABITAT HOUSE
08/09/01: NATIONALLY TELEVISED SPEECH FROM RANCH ON STEM CELL RESEARCH FUNDING
08/12/01: ATTENDS SERVICE AT CRAWFORD'S FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
08/13/01: GOLF AT BOSQUE VALLEY GOLF CLUB W/SIBLEY
08/13/01: SIGNS $5.5 BILLION EMERGENCY FARM SPENDING BILL
08/14/01: FLIES FROM TSTC TO DENVER
08/15/01: RETURNS TO TSTC FROM N.M.
08/23/01: GOLF AT RIDGEWOOD, APPEARANCE AT CRAWFORD SCHOOL
08/24/01: NC WITH RUMSFELD ANNOUNCING NEW JCS CHAIR, COMMUNITY CENTER
08/26/01: DAY TRIP, PRESIDENT TSTC TO LITTLE LEAGUE WORLD SERIES CHAMPIONSHIP AND BACK AGAIN
08/29/01: DAY TRIP TSTC TO SAN ANTONIO, AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION (last use of last Boeing 707 in presidential fleet--to be retired to permanent display @ Reagan Library).
08/30/01: DEPARTS WACO/TSTC FOR WASHINGTON.
11/13/01: ARRIVES AT TSTC FROM WASHINGTON FOR PUTIN SUMMIT
11/14/01: PUTIN ARRIVES AT TSTC
11/15/01: PUTIN DEPARTS FROM TSTC AFTER JOINT APPEARANCE AT CRAWFORD HIGH SCHOOL
11/18/01: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
12/26/01: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FLY TO TSTC, AND BY HELICOPTER TO RANCH
12/28/01: BUSH AND TOMMY FRANKS NC AT RANCH
01/05/02: DAY TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
01/07/02: BUSH DEPARTS FOR WASHINGTON, FIRST LADY STAYS AT RANCH
03/27/02: FIRST LADY ARRIVES FOR EASTER WEEKEND
03/28/02: BUSH ARRIVES FOR EASTER WEEKEND
03/29/02: BUSH TAKES DAY TRIP TO DALLAS FOR CORNYN FUND RAISER
03/31/02: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FORMER PRESIDENT, FORMER FIRST LADY, JENNA, ATTEND EASTER SERVICES AT CANAAN BAPTIST CHURCH, RETURNS TO WASHINGTON.
04/04/02: BUSH ARRIVES IN ADVANCE OF WEEKEND MEETING W/TONY BLAIR. FIRST LADY IN DALLAS.
04/05/02: BLAIR ARRIVES.
04/06/02: BUSH-BLAIR HAVE JOINT NC
04/07/02: BLAIR DEPARTS FOR COLLEGE STATION, A&M SPEECH, THEN RETURNS TO LONDON
04/07/02: BUSH DEPARTS FOR WASHINGTON
04/24/02: BUSH ARRIVES @TSTC AIRPORT (LAURA BUSH AT A&M DURING THE DAY)
04/25/02: BUSH MEETS WITH SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH (POWELL, RICE, CHENEY THERE—FIRST TIME BUSH AND CHENEY IN SAME PLACE SINCE 09/11).
04/26/02: RNC FUND RAISING PICNIC AT RANCH OF STAN AND KATHEY HICKEY, NEAR BUSH RANCH FOR DONORS WHO'VE GIVEN AT LEAST $250K (GOP ASKED COUPLE TO HOST THE EVENT).
04/27/02:
04/28/02:
04/29/02: LEAVES FROM TSTC FOR NEW MEXICO
06/14/02: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER FUND RAISER FOR PERRY IN HOUSTON
06/17/02: DEPARTS FROM TSTC FOR ATLANTA
08/06/02: ARRIVES @TSTC W/REP SAM HALL (D)
08/07/02: DAY TRIP TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI
08/09/02: RELEASES $100 MILLION FOR LOW INCOME UTILITY EXPENSES, IN SHORT RANCH INTERVIEW SAYS THERE'S NO TIMETABLE FOR ANY ATTACK ON IRAQ
08/10/02: GOLF W/SIBLEY @ RIDGEWOOD
08/13/02: ECONOMIC SUMMIT @ BU
08/14/02: SPEAKS AT RALLY IN MILWAUKEE, ATTENDS MCALLUM FOR GOVERNOR FUND RAISER, MAKES REMARKS AT IOWA STATE FAIR IN DES MOINES, SPEAKS AT GOP FUND RAISER IN DES MOINES.
08/21/02: DEFENSE SUMMIT W/RUMSFELD, RICE, CHENEY AND MYERS. RUMSFELD VISITS FT HOOD.
08/22/02: FLIES TO OREGON FOR 3-DAY TRIP TO NORTHWEST, CALIFORNIA
08/24/02: RETURNS TO TSTC AIRPORT (IN SMALLER PLANE BECAUSE 747 TOO LARGE FOR CA. AIRPORT) ABOUT 300 PEOPLE DEMONSTRATE AT STADIUM AGAINST U.S. INTERVENTION IN IRAQ
08/25/02: ABOUT 25 CHRISTIANS AND NEWS RALLY IN PARKING LOT IN SUPPORT OF BUSH POLICY ON ISRAEL.
08/27/02: BUSH MEETS WITH SAUDI AMBASSADOR PRINCE BANDAR BIN SULTAN
08/29/02: BUSH MAKES DAY TRIP TO OKLAHOMA AND ARKANSAS
09/01/02: BUSH DEPARTS FOR WASHINGTON
09/26/02: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AIRPORT AFTER ATTENDING CORNYN FUNDRAISER IN HOUSTON
09/27/02: BUSH LEAVES TSTC AIRPORT ON CAMPAIGN TRIP TO COLORADO AND ARIZONA, RETURNS SAME DAY
09/30/02: BUSH DEPARTS FROM TSTC
10/24/02: ABOUT 300 PROTESTERS ARRIVE IN CRAWFORD BEFORE PRESIDENT'S VISIT, CONCERNED ABOUT ECONOMY
10/24/02: PRESIDENT ARRIVES AT TSTC, 7:30PM, AFTER THREE-STATE CAMPAIGN SWING.
10/25/02: CHINESE PRESIDENT JIANG ZIMEN ARRIVES AT TSTC, MOTORCADES TO RANCH. ESTIMATED 2000 PROTESTERS IN CRAWFORD, TONKAWA PARK, INCLUDING FALUN GONG SUPPORTERS, JIANG SUPPORTERS, SUPPORTERS OF INDEPENDENCE FOR TAIWAN. JIANG DEPARTS IN PM.
10/26/02: BUSH LEAVES RANCH ON FLIGHT TO LOS CABOS FOR ASIAN SUMMIT.
11/04/02: BUSH ARRIVES AT RANCH AFTER 4-STATE CAMPAIGN SWING THAT ENDED IN DALLAS. FIRST LADY'S 56TH BIRTHDAY.
11/05/02: BUSH AND FIRST LADY VOTE AT CRAWFORD FIREHOUSE. DEPART TSTC FOR WASHINGTON, 10:35AM.
11/27/02: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AIRPORT FOR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND VISIT. FIRST LADY ARRIVED 11/26/02. TWIN DAUGHTERS, AND PRESIDENT'S PARENTS ALSO AT RANCH.
12/01/02: BUSH AND FIRST LADY FLY BACK TO WASHINGTON FROM TSTC
12/26/02: BUSH AND FIRST LADY ARRIVE @ TSTC FOR WEEKLONG STAY
12/29/02: LAURA BUSH SHOPS AT HOME DEPOT, LINENS 'N' THINGS.
12/31/02: BUSH AND FIRST LADY DROP BY COFFEE STATION FOR BURGERS AND ONION RINGS FOR LUNCH
01/02/02: BUSH TAKES REPORTERS ON TOUR OF RANCH PROPERTY
01/03/02: BUSH TO FORT HOOD TO SPEAK TO AND LUNCH WITH TROOPS
01/04/02: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
02/20/03: BUSH ARRIVES, TSTC AIRPORT, FIRST LADY ARRIVES LATER, WACO REGIONAL AIRPORT, BOTH MOTORCADE TO RANCH.
02/21/03: SPANISH PRESIDENT JOSE MARIA AZNAR AND WIFE ARRIVE, TSTC AIRPORT, MOTORCADE TO RANCH.
02/22/03: BUSH AND AZNAR HOLD JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE, AZNAR DEPARTS.
02/23/03: BUSH DEPARTS, TSTC AIRPORT.
04/16/03: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AIRPORT FOR LONG EASTER WEEKEND
04/21/03: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
05/01/03: BUSH ACCOMPANIED BY AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER JOHN HOWARD ARRIVES AT TSTC
05/03/03: HOWARD SHOPS IN DOWNTOWN CRAWFORD, GREETS CROWDS, 5 PROTESTERS ARRESTED FROM AMONG GROUP OF ABOUT 100
05/04/03: BUSH LEAVES WACO FOR LITTLE ROCK
05/22/03: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC, FOLLOWED 3 HOURS LATER BY JAPANESE PM JUNICHIRO KOIZUMI
05/23/03: KOIZUMI DEPARTS FROM TSTC AFTER MEETING WITH JAPANESE REPORTERS AT WACO HILTON
05/25/03: BUSH, FIRST LADY, DEPART FROM TSTC AFTER 15 MIN DELAY WHILE FISHERMEN MOVED FROM NEARBY POND.
06/27/03: BUSH ARRIVES IN WACO (REACHES RANCH ABOUT 1AM 06/28/03)
06/28/03: BUSH TAKES WALK WITH LAURA, SPENDS 2 1/2 HRS CLEARING BRUSH
06/30/03: BUSH LEAVES WACO FOR FUND RAISERS IN FLORIDA
07/17/03: BUSH ARRIVES FOR WORKING WEEKEND AT RANCH
07/18/03: DAY TRIP (MARINE ONE FROM RANCH) TO DALLAS, YMCA VISIT, FUNDRAISER
07/19/03: DAY TRIP TO HOUSTON, FUNDRAISER
07/20/03: ITALY'S PRIME MINISTER SILVIO BERLUSCONI ARRIVES AT TSTC, HELICOPTERS TO RANCH.
07/21/03: BUSH, BERLUSCONI DEPART
08/02/03: BUSH, FIRST LADY, ARRIVE AT TSTC, CONDOLEEZ RICE ALSO FLIES IN
08/05/03: COLIN POWELL AND WIFE FLY INTO TSTC
08/06/03: BUSH MEETS WITH POWELL, RICHARD ARMITAGE AND OTHER SECURITY ADVISORS, GOES INTO CRAWFORD FOR LUNCH AT COFFEE STATION W/POWELL, WIVES, RICE. POWELL AND WIFE DEPART.
08/07/03: CHENEY ARRIVES
08/08/03: BUSH MEETS WITH CHENEY, RUMSFELD
08/09/03: BUSH ATTENDS PRIVATE BBQ FOR MAJOR CONTRIBUTORS JUST DOWN ROAD FROM RANCH
08/11/03: BUSH FLIES TO ARIZONA FOR FOREST INTIATIVE EVENT, THEN TO DENVER FOR CAMPAIGN FUND RAISER W/CHENEY BEFORE RETURNING TO WACO
08/13/03: BUSH MEETS WITH ECONOMIC ADVISORS AT RANCH, HOLDS POOL NC W/COMMERCE SEC DON EVANS, TREASURY SEC JOHN SNOW, LABOR SECRETARY ELAINE CHAO, COUNCIL ON ECONOMIC ADVANCEMENT CHAIRMAN GREG MANKIW, NATIONAL ECONOMIC COUNCIL DIRECTOR STEVE FRIEDMAN.
08/14/03: BUSH DEPARTS TSTC ON TWO DAY CALIFORNIA TRIP: MIRAMAR MARINE AIR STATION, FUND RAISER
08/15/03: BUSH IN CALIFORNIA, THOUSAND OAKS, IRVINE FUNDRAISER, RETURNS TO TSTC
08/16/03: 300-400 VETERANS FORM CARAVAN AT WACO ISD STADIUM AFTER SAVE THE VA RALLY, DROVE PAST BUSH RANCH
08/19/03: STOPPED IN AT COFFEE STATION, THEN TO RIDGEWOOD FOR EARLY MORNING GOLF GAME W/SIBLEY AND OTHERS. ROUND CUT SHORT BY CALL FROM CONDOLEEZZA RICE ABOUT BOMBING OF UN HQ IN
BAGHDAD.
08/21/03: FLIES TO OREGON ON TWO DAY FUNDRAISING TRIP TO PACIFIC NORTHWEST. LAURA BUSH TO SAN ANTONIO FOR SCHOOL READING EVENT.
08/22/03: RETURNS TO CENTRAL TEXAS FROM WASHINGTON STATE
08/26/03: LEAVES TSTC ON ONE-DAY TRIP TO MN, MO. RETURNS SAME NIGHT.
08/27/03: BUSH HOSTS PRESS CORPS AT RANCH FOR OFF-THE-RECORD BBQ
08/30/03: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON, AFTER DROPPING DOG BEFORE BOARDING PLANE
10/29/03: BUSH HELICOPTERS TO RANCH FROM DALLAS AFTER CAMPAIGN EVENT. FIRST LADY FLIES IN FROM TYLER.
10/30/03: BUSH DAY TRIP TO COLUMBUS OHIO, SAN ANTONIO
10/31/03: BUSH AT RANCH
11/01/03: BUSH DAY TRIP TO MISSISSIPPI AND KENTUCKY
11/02/03: BUSH AT RANCH
11/03/03: BUSH CHANGES PLANS, RETURNS TO RANCH AFTER DAY TRIP TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA (ORIGINALLY PLANNED TO GO ON TO WASHINGTON, D.C.)
11/04/03: BUSH DEPARTS FOR CALIFORNIA TO INSPECT WILDFIRE DAMAGE. FIRST LADY FLIES BACK TO WASHINGTON (HER 57TH BIRTHDAY, TODAY).
11/24/03: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AIRPORT AFTER VISITING W/TROOPS AND FAMILIES AT FT. CARSON, COLO.
11/25/03: BUSH DEPARTS/RETURNS TSTC ON DAY-TRIP TO LAS VEGAS FOR CAMPAIGN AND FUND-RAISING EVENTS
11/26/03: BUSH SECRETLY DEPARTS RANCH, BOARDS AIR FORCE ONE AT TSTC, FLIES TO WASHINGTON AT 7:25PM, ARRIVING 9:31PM. DEPARTS ANDREWS AFB FOR IRAQ ON 2ND PLANE AT 10:05PM.
11/27/03: BUSH LANDS AT BAGHDAD AIRPORT AT 8:31AM CST, DEPARTS AT 11:03AM CST AFTER SPENDING TWO HOURS W/600 TROOPS AT THE AIRPORT.
11/28/03: BUSH ARRIVES BACK IN CENTRAL TEXAS AT ABOUT 5AM AFTER ALMOST 36 HOUR TRIP.
11/30/03: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON FROM TSTC AIRPORT
12/26/03: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FIRST LADY'S MOTHER ARRIVE AT TSTC AIRPORT, MOTORCADE TO RANCH BECAUSE OF HEAVY FOG.
01/01/04: BUSH CELEBRATES NEW YEARS BY GOING QUAIL HUNTING IN FALFURRIAS WITH FATHER, JAMES BAKER. MOTORCADED TO TSTC AIRPORT, BOARDED SMALL CORPORATE JET, WHICH SERVED AS AIR FORCE ONE.
01/03/04: BUSH, FIRST LADY, DEPART TSTC FOR WASHINGTON
01/09/04: BUSH, FIRST LADY ARRIVE AT TSTC AIRPORT
01/12/04: BUSH, FIRST LADY, LEAVE TSTC AIRPORT EN ROUTE TO MONTERREY, MEXICO FOR SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS
03/04/04: BUSH ARRIVES, TSTC AIRPORT (FIRST LADY FLEW IN EARLIER IN THE DAY)
03/05/04: LAURA BUSH SPEAKS TO MILITARY WIVES AS PART OF WOMEN’S CONFERENCE AT FORT HOOD
03/05/04: BUSH GREETS MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX AND WIFE
03/06/04: FOX AND WIFE DEPART AFTER JOINT MEDIA APPEARANCE
03/08/04: BUSH DEPARTS, FLIES TO DALLAS, THEN TO HOUSTON FOR CAMPAIGN EVENTS, THEN TO WASHINGTON
03/26/04: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC, WEEKEND VISIT
03/29/04: BUSH DEPARTS TSTC
04/05/04: BUSH ARRIVES TSTC
04/06/04: BUSH FLIES TO EL DORADO ARKANSAS, SPEAKS, RETURNS TO CENTRAL TEXAS
04/08/04: BUSH LEADS REPRESENTATIVES OF 22 HUNTING, FISHING, WILDLIFE ORG. ON TOUR OF HIS RANCH
04/09/04: BUSH FISHES IN BASS POND ON RANCH WITH ROLAND MARTIN OF OLN'S "FISHING WITH ROLAND MARTIN"
04/10/04: BUSH CANCELS FISHING TRIP TO MEET WITH ADVISERS, CALLS LEADERS OF POLAND, ITALY AND EL SALVADOR BY PHONE.
04/11/04: BUSH, PARENTS, DAUGHTERS, MOTHER IN LAW, RICE ATTEND EASTER CHURCH SERVICE AT FT HOOD. BUSH ALSO VISITS WOUNDED SOLDIERS, PRESENTS PURPLE HEARTS
04/12/04: BUSH HOSTS EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT HOSNI MUBARAK AT RANCH. LEADERS DEPART WACO SEPARATELY.
05/21/04: BUSH FLIES IN TO TSTC FOR WEEKEND AT RANCH
05/22/04: BUSH SUFFERED CUTS AND BRUISES WHILE MOUNTAIN BIKING ON HIS RANCH. SUFFERED MINOR ABRASIONS, SCRATCHES ON HIS CHIN, UPPER LIP, NOSE, RIGHT HAND AND BOTH KNEES WHEN HE FELL ON 16TH MILE OF 17 MILE RIDE WITH SECRET SERVICE AGENTS AND PERSONAL PHYSICIAN DR RICHARD RUBBS, WHO TREATED THE SCRATCHES BEFORE BUSH COMPLETED THE RIDE. BUSH, FIRST LADY, FLY TO AUSTIN FOR PRIVATE PARTY TO CELEBRATE DAUGHTER JENNA'S GRADUATION FROM UT (NEITHER THEY NOR SHE ATTENDED THE CEREMONY)
05/23/04 BUSH DEPARTS TSTC
06/11/04 BUSH ARRIVES TSTC
06/12/04 BUSH DEPARTS TSTC TO HOUSTON FOR FATHER'S BIRTHDAY PARTY, RETURNS
06/13/04 BUSH DEPARTS TSTC
07/23/04: BUSH ARRIVES TSTC ON FLIGHT FROM DETROIT AFTER NATIONAL URBAN LEAGUE SPEECH
07/25/04: BUSH CALLS LANCE ARMSTRONG FROM RANCH TO CONGRATULATE ON TOUR DE FRANCE VICTORY
07/26/04: TELECONFERENCES WITH TOP ADVISERS ON 9-11 COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS, CONDOLEEZA RICE DUE AT RANCH FOR MEETINGS, TAKES MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE WITH AP REPORTER, FALLS.
07/28/04: RICE LUNCHES AT COFFEE STATION, PRESIDENT TAPES TV BIO ADS, FAHRENHEIT 9-11 SHOWN IN HIGH SCHOOL STADIUM PARKING LOT (MICHAEL MOORE DECIDES NOT TO COME), GOP SUPPORTERS RALLY IN TOWN
7/29/04: BUSH DEPARTS FOR DC]
08/03/04: BUSH FLIES BY HELICOPTER DIRECTLY TO RANCH FROM DALLAS AFTER SPEECH TO KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS CONVENTION
08/04/04: BUSH DEPARTS TSTC ON FLIGHT TO DAVENPORT IOWA
08/10/04: BUSH, SEN. JOHN MCCAIN ARRIVE AT TSTC AFTER FLIGHT FROM FLORIDA
08/11/04: BUSH, MCCAIN DEPART TSTC FOR ARIZONA
08/18/04: BUSH ARRIVES AT L-3 AFTER DAY OF CAMPAIGNING IN WISCONSIN, MINNESOTA
08/23/04: CHENEY, RUMSFELD, RICE AND JCS CHAIRMAN RICHARD MYERS FLY IN FOR MEETING AT RANCH ON IRAQ STRATEGY. HOLD NEWS CONFERENCE IN EARLY AFTERNOON. BUSH TALKS WITH PUTIN BY PHONE FOR ABOUT 15 MIN., OIL PRODUCTION.
08/25/04: FORMER GA SEN. MAX CLELAND ARRIVES IN CRAWFORD FOR UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO DELIVER LETTER TO BUSH RE: SWIFT BOAT VETERANS ADS
08/26/04: BUSH LEAVES L-3, TSTC ON FLIGHT TO LAS CRUCES, NEW MEXICO
09/25/04: BUSH ARRIVES AT L-3 AFTER CAMPAIGN TRIP TO WISCONSIN
9/27/04: BUSH DEPARTS L-3 FOR DAY-TRIP TO OHIO
9/27/04: BUSH RETURNS TO L-3 AFTER OHIO TRIP ACCOMPANIED BY ARLENE WOHLGEMUTH
09/29/04: BUSH DEPARTS L-3 ON FLIGHT TO FLORIDA
10/08/04: BUSH ARRIVES AT L-3
10/11/04: BUSH DEPARTS L-3 FOR NEW MEXICO, COLORADO ACCOMPANIED BY JENNA
10/23/04: BUSH FLIES INTO WACO FROM FLORIDA, SPENDS NIGHT AT RANCH
10/24/04: BUSH FLIES TO NEW MEXICO, RETURNS, SPENDS NIGHT AT RANCH
10/25/04: BUSH DEPARTS L-3 FOR COLORADO, THEN IOWA
11/01/04: FLIES VIA MARINE ONE TO RANCH FROM DALLAS AFTER RALLY AT SMU
11/02/04: VOTES AT CRAWFORD FIRE HOUSE W/LAURA, JENNA, BARBARA, RETURNS TO WASHINGTON WITH A STOP IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
11/18/04: FLIES INTO GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD AT FT HOOD AFTER ATTENDING CLINTON PRESIDENTIAL CENTER DEDICATION IN LITTLE ROCK, ARK. OVERNIGHTS.
11/19/04: DEPARTS GRAY ARMY AIRFIELD ON 9 ½ HR FLIGHT TO SANTIAGO, CHILE, FOR PACIFIC RIM ECONOMIC SUMMIT. PLANS BRIEF STOP IN COLOMBIA EN ROUTE BACK TO CENTRAL TEXAS.
11/22/04: RETURNS TO TSTC, L-3, W/FIRST LADY
11/25/04: THANKSGIVING AT RANCH, CELEBRATES TWINS 23RD BIRTHDAY, TAKES MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE, CALLS TROOPS.
11/26/04: FORMER PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY LEAVE, BUSH, FIRST LADY, LAURA’S MOTHER, LUNCH AT CRAWFORD COFFEE STATION.
11/28/04: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FIRST LADY’S MOTHER, DEPART FROM L-3, TSTC, RETURN TO WASHINGTON.
12/26/04: BUSH, FIRST LADY, JENNA WELCH, FLY INTO L-3 FOR WEEK AT RANCH. AFTER DEPLANING, PRESIDENT TOOK TIME TO MEET WITH STATE CHAMPION CRAWFORD FOOTBALL TEAM.
12/27/04: BUSH DIRECTS LETTERS OF CONDOLENCE TO LEADERS OF THE SEVEN COUNTRIES HIT BY DEADLY TSUNAMI.
12/28/04: BUSH CLEARS BRUSH, TAKES MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE
12/29/04: BUSH DEFENDS US ASSISTANCE TO ASIAN REGION IN WAKE OF TSUNAMI IN RANCH NEWS CONFERENCE
01/02/05: BUSH RETURNS TO WASHINGTON.
03/18/05: BUSH FLIES INTO TSTC AIRPORT AFTER DAY IN FLA. PUSHING SOCIAL SECURITY PLAN
03/20/05: BUSH MAKES UNSCHEDULED TRIP BACK TO WASHINGTON TO BE AVAILABLE TO SIGN BILL GIVING FEDERAL COURTS JURISDICTION IN CASE OF TERRI SCHIAVO, BRAIN-DAMAGED FLORIDA WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF A RIGHT TO DIE DEBATE.
03/22/05: BUSH RETURNS TO CENTRAL TEXAS AFTER TWO-DAY, THREE-STATE SOCIAL SECURITY SWING THROUGH WESTERN STATES.
03/23/05: BUSH, MEXICAN PRESIDENT VICENTE FOX, CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER PAUL MARTIN, ATTEND NORTH AMERICAN SUMMIT AT BAYLOR UNIVERSITY, UNVEIL NEW AGREEMENT, THEN FLY TO RANCH FOR LUNCH.
03/27/05: BUSH ATTENDS EASTER SERVICE W/FIRST LADY, DAUGHTERS, PARENTS AT FORT HOOD’S 4TH ID MEMORIAL CHAPEL.
04/08/05: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER DIRECT FLIGHT FROM ROME AND THE FUNERAL OF POPE JOHN PAUL II, ACCOMPANIED BY FIRST LADY AND HIS FATHER
04/11/05: BUSH MEETS WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER ARIEL SHARON
04/22/05: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER FLIGHT FROM RAINED-OUT EARTH DAY EVENT IN TENNESSEE
04/25/05: BUSH HOSTS SAUDI CROWN PRINCE ABDULLAH AT RANCH, CHENEY AND RICE ALSO THERE FOR MEETING. ABDULLAH STOPS AT COFFEE STATION BEFORE LEAVING.
04/26/05: BUSH FLIES TO GALVESTON TO RESUME SOCIAL SECURITY TOUR.
06/02/05: BUSH ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER TRIPS TO KENTUCKY, ST. LOUIS
06/06/05: BUSH DEPARTS TSTC
08/02/05: BUSH ARRIVES TSTC
08/03/05: BUSH DAY TRIP TO GRAPEVINE TO ADDRESS AMERICAN LEGISLATIVE EXCHANGE COUNCIL AT GAYLORD TEXAN HOTEL
08/05/05: BUSH HOSTS COLOMBIAN PRESIDENT ALVARO URIBE AND HIS WIFE
08/08/05: DAY TRIP TO NEW MEXICO TO SIGN ENERGY BILL
08/09/05: RANCH MEETING WITH TOP ECONOMIC ADVISERS
08/10/05: DAY TRIP TO MONTGOMERY, ILL. TO SIGN HIGHWAY BILL
08/11/05: BUSH MEETS W/CHENEY, RUMSFELD, RICE
08/12/05: BUSH ATTENDS RNC FUNDRAISER AT ADJACENT RANCH
08/13/05: BUSH, FIRST LADY, CONDOLEEZZA RICE, FLY TO FERRELL CENTER TO ATTEND LITTLE LEAGUE REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. BUSH TOSSES OUT FIRST PITCH.
08/20/05: BUSH BIKES WITH LANCE ARMSTRONG
08/22/05: FLIES TO SALT LAKE CITY TO ADDRESS VFW CONVENTION, THEN TO IDAHO
08/23/05: IDAHO
08/24/05: SPEAKS TO MILITARY FAMILIES IN BOISE, IDAHO, RETURNS TO CENTRAL TEXAS
08/25/05: BUSH, FIRST LADY, HOST WHITE HOUSE PRESS CORPS FOR OFF-THE-RECORD DINNER AT RANCH
08/29/05: BUSH LEAVES ON TWO DAY TRIP TO ARIZONA, CALIFORNIA (HURRICANE KATRINA STRIKES)
08/30/05: BUSH RETURNS FROM CALIFORNIA
08/31/05: BUSH LEAVES TWO DAYS EARLY FOR WASHINGTON TO MONITOR HURRICANE RELIEF EFFORTS, FLIES OVER THE GULF COAST EN ROUTE
11/22/05: BUSH, FIRST LADY, ARRIVE AT TSTC FOR THANKSGIVING WEEKEND
11/24/05: BUSH MAKES THANKSGIVING CALLS TO 100 TROOPS
11/28/05: BUSH DEPARTS FOR ARIZONA
12/26/05: BUSH ARRIVES FOR HOLIDAY RANCH VISIT
01/01/06: BUSH FLIES TO SAN ANTONIO TO VISIT TROOPS AND AWARD PURPLE HEARTS AT BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, THEN RETURNS TO WASHINGTON.
02/03/06: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FLY TO RANCH FROM DALLAS ON MARINE ONE AFTER EVENT AT DALLAS MAGNET SCHOOL AND EARLIER TRIP TO INTEL PLANT NEAR ALBUQUERQUE.
02/05/06: DEPARTS
03/07/06: FLIES TO WACO FROM WASHINGTON, VOTES IN CRAWFORD
03/08/06: LEAVES WACO FOR NEW ORLEANS
03/31/06: ARRIVES AT TSTC FROM CANCUN AFTER MEETING WITH MEXICAN, CANADIAN LEADERS
04/03/06: DEPARTS FOR CINCINNATI TO THROW OUT FIRST PITCH AT REDS’ SEASON OPENER
06/16/06: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER FUND RAISING STOPS IN WASHINGTON STATE, NEW MEXICO
06/18/06: DEPARTS TSTC
07/21/06: ARRIVES TSTC FROM FUNDRAISING TRIP TO COLORADO
07.23.06: DEPARTS TSTC, RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
08.03.06: ARRIVES TSTC AFTER TRIP TO MISSION IN SOUTH TEXAS TO TALK ABOUT IMMIGRATION REFORM
08.04.06: FIRST LADY ARRIVES
08.05.06: CONDOLEEZZA RICE ARRIVES
08.06.06: SHEEHAN ARRIVES FROM JORDAN AFTER MEETING WITH MEMBERS OF IRAQI PARLIAMENT
08.10.06: DAY TRIP FOR RALLY IN WISCONSIN/NOTE: Air travel security levels heightened on this date after suspected terrorism plot suspects arrested in Great Britain.
08.13.06: RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
08.29.06: FLIES TO WACO TO OVERNIGHT AT RANCH AFTER TWO DAYS IN MISSISSIPPI AND NEW ORLEANS TO MARK 1ST ANNIVERSARY OF KATRINA.
08.30.06: DEPARTS FOR FUNDRAISERS IN ARK., TENN.
11.04.06: ARRIVES TSTC AFTER CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES IN DENVER, GREELEY, COLO.
11.05.06: DEPARTS TSTC ON DAY CAMPAIGN TRIP TO KANSAS, NEBRASKA, RETURNS
11.06.06: DEPARTS TSTC ON DAY CAMPAIGN TRIP TO FLA, ARK. AND DALLAS, RETURNS
11.07.06: VOTES AT CRAWFORD FIRE HOUSE, RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
12.26.06: BUSH, FIRST LADY, MOTHER-IN-LAW, ARRIVE AT TSTC AFTER SPENDING CHRISTMAS AT CAMP DAVID
12.26.06: ISSUES STATEMENT ON DEATH OF GERALD FORD
MEETS WITH NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISERS INCLUDING CHENEY, RICE AND GATES TO DISCUSS IRAQ STRATEGY
12.29.06: BUSH, FIRST LADY, BRIEFLY TAKE SHELTER IN ARMORED VEHICLE AS STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES IN CORYELL AND BOSQUE COUNTIES PASSED OVER THE RANCH.
12.29.06: BUSH BRIEFED ON IMPEDING EXECUTION OF SADDAM HUSSEIN AROUND 6 P.M. BUSH WAS ASLEEP AT TIME OF EXECUTION, ACCORDING TO NETWORK REPORTS. ISSUED BRIEF WRITTEN STATEMENT AFTER THE EXECUTION, WHICH OCCURRED AT ABOUT 9 P.M.
01.01.07: BUSH DEPARTS FOR WASHINGTON
04.05.07 AFTER TRIP TO FT. IRWIN CALIF. AND FUNDRAISER IN LA, BUSH FLIES TO TSTC FOR EASTER RANCH VISIT
04.07.07: RARE APRIL SNOW FALLS ON CENTRAL TEXAS AND BUSH RANCH
04.08.07: BUSH, FIRST LADY FLY TO FORT HOOD TO ATTEND SERVICE, THEN BACK TO RANCH FOR EASTER DINNER.
04.09.07: BUSH DEPARTS FOR ARIZONA.
05.18.07: BUSH, FIRST LADY ARRIVE AT TSTC
05.20.07: BUSH, FIRST LADY WELCOME NATO SECRETARY-GENERAL JAAP DE HOOP SCHEFFER AND WIFE, JEANNINE TO RANCH.
05.21.07: AFTER MEETINGS AND JOINT PRESS STATEMENT, SCHEFFER AND WIFE AND BUSHES DEPART.
06.15.07 BUSH ARRIVES FOR FATHER’S DAY WEEKEND
06.16.07: MOUNTAIN BIKE RIDE
06/17.07: CELEBRATES FATHER’S DAY WITH FIRST LADY, JENNA (BARBARA NOT THERE), THEN DEPARTS IN AFTERNOON. FLOODING IN THE AREA, 317 CLOSED.
08.13.07: BUSH, FIRST LADY ARRIVE FROM WASHINGTON W/KARL ROVE ON PLANE AFTER ROVE ANNOUNCED RESIGNATION EARLIER IN THE DAY.
08.20.07: FLIES FROM TSTC TO QUEBEC FOR NORTH AMERICAN LEADER’S SUMMIT.
08.21.07: FIRST LADY, MOTHER JENNA, FRIEND KATHARINE ARMSTRONG, TURN UP AT RANCHERS' STEAK HOUSE IN GATESVILLE WHERE KWTX ANCHORS, MANGERS WERE MAKING PRESENTATION TO LOCAL LEADERS ABOUT “OUR TOWN” WEB FRANCHISE. SHE SPOKE TO THE GROUP FOR ABOUT FIVE MINUTES.
08.22.07: BUSH RETURNS TO WACO AFTER SPEAKING AT VFW CONVENTION IN KANSAS CITY
08.26.07: BUSH HOSTS AG ALBERTO GONZALES AND WIFE AT RANCH AFTER GONZALES SUBMITTED RESIGNATION ON 08.24.07.
08.27.07: BUSH DEPARTS ON TRIP: APPEARS AT FUNDRAISERS IN NEW MEXICO, WASHINGTON, SPEAKS AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION 08.28.07 IN NEVADA, THEN FLIES TO NEW ORLEANS FOR HURRICANE ANNIVERSARY.
10.12.07: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER SPEAKING EARLIER IN MIAMI
11.08.07: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER STOPS IN HOUSTON, SAN ANTONIO, HOSTS GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL 11.09.07, 11.10.07.
11.09.07: MERKEL ARRIVES
11.10.07: MERKEL DEPARTS AFTER JOINT NEWS CONFERENCE
11.11.07: BUSH MOTORCADES INTO WACO, SPEAKS AT AMERICAN LEGION POST 121 AT NORTH 3RD AND TENNESSEE.
11.12.07: BUSH DEPARTS TSTC
12.26.07: BUSH, FIRST LADY, FIRST LADY’S MOTHER, DAUGHTERS ARRIVE AT TSTC AIRPORT AFTER SPENDING CHRISTMAS AT CAMP DAVID. (Note Bhutto assassination 12.27.07)
01.01.08: LEAVES TSTC TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON
02.29.08: ARRIVES TSTC AIRPORT FOR WEEKEND VISIT (HOSTS DANISH PRIME MINISTER)
03.03.08: LEAVES WACO (VOTED ABSENTEE, WON’T STAY TO VOTE ON 03.04)
04.10.08: ARRIVES AT TSTC AIRPORT
04.11.08: HOSTS BIG DOLLAR GOP DONORS AT BBQ AT NEIGHBORING RANCH
04.13.08: LEAVES TSTC, RETURNS TO WASHINGTON
05.02.08: ARRIVES TSTC AFTER APPEARANCE IN ST. LOUIS
05.04.08: DEPARTS TSTC EN ROUTE TO GREENSBURG, KAN. FOR TORNADO ANNIV, HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION
05.07.08: FIRST LADY ARRIVES IN ADVANCE OF WEDDING
05.08.08: PRESIDENT ARRIVES IN ADVANCE OF WEDDING
05.09.08: PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY, ETC. MOTORCADE TO INN ON THE CREEK IN SALADO FOR REHEARSAL DINNER (BELTON HIGH SCHOOL BAND PERFORMED DURING THE EVENING)
05.10.08: JENNA BUSH WEDS HENRY HAGER IN OUTDOOR RANCH CEREMONY ATTENDED BY ABOUT 200 INVITED GUESTS.
05.11.08: PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY RETURN TO WASHINGTON
07.18.08: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER EVENTS IN HOUSTON
07.20.08: BUSH DEPARTS
08.15.08: ARRIVES FROM WASHINGTON, WAS TO HAVE COME EARLIER, BUT DELAYED START OF RANCH VACATION TO MONITOR DEVELOPMENTS IN FORMER SOVIET REPUBLIC OF GEORGIA
08.20.08: DAY TRIP, SPEECH IN FLORIDA, STOPS IN GULFPORT, MISS. AND NEW ORLEANS, RETURNED TO TSTC IN THE EVENING.
08.27.08: PRESIDENT, FIRST LADY RETURN TO WASHINGTON
10.03.08: ARRIVES AT TSTC AFTER SIGNING $700 BILLION FINANCIAL BAILOUT BILL EARLIER IN THE DAY
10.04.08: FLIES TO MIDLAND FOR FUNDRAISER FOR MIKE CONWAY, RETURNS TO WACO
12.12.08: FLEW FROM WASHINGTON TO WACO, BOARDED MARINE ONE, FLEW TO COLLEGE STATION, DELIVERED COMMENCEMENT SPEECH AT A&M, FLEW BACK TO WACO AND THEN BACK TO WASHINGTON. REP. CHET EDWARDS ACCOMPANIED HIM TO A&M.
12.26.08: ARRIVES AT TSTC ON FLIGHT FROM ANDREWS AFTER SPENDING CHRISTMAS AT CAMP DAVID FOR FINAL TIME AS PRESIDENT
01.01.09: RETURNS TO WASHINGTON