Cindy Sheehan -- Second Campsite

Law enforcement were out en masse.
After passing the first barricade on Prairie Chapel Road, we veered left on Mattlage Road, then took a right on Canaan Church Road. Canaan Church Road intersects the other end of Prairie Chapel Road, where a second barricade is set up. This is the site of the second Cindy Sheehan camp on a lot provided by one of the Mattlage cousins.

The first thing we noticed was a sign urging, "No Alcohol, No Drugs". This site is much closer to the Bush ranch. One of the activists told me we were a "mile away from the most dangerous man in the world". Radical to the point of stupidity.

On Saturday, we did see a motorcade with a black limo, police escort -- maybe 6 vehicles in all -- further down Mattlage Road. It wasn't the President, and I didn't find out who was using this back exit. When I asked one trooper if he knew who was in the motorcade, he said, "it was probably one of their animals", and smiled. O.K., I can take a joke.

By Sunday, Aug 21, the Sheehan activists had put up an array of crosses in front of their circus tent.