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First lady Michelle Obama skis at Buttermilk ski area on Saturday in Aspen, Colo. The first lady is spending 

Presidents Day weekend in Aspen with her daughters, Sasha and Malia. (AP Photo/Aspen Daily News, Chris 

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First lady Michelle Obama’s weekend jaunt to Aspen, Colorado for aPresident’s Day ski holiday with her daughters Sasha and Malia makesthe 16th time members of the first family have gone on extended

vacations during their three years in office. 

Their stay at the home of a major Chicago fundraiser for PresidentObama makes the fifth time the first lady and her daughters have takena break from Washington on their own. Only once has Obama had along weekend out of town and alone, celebrating his 49th birthday inChicago in August 2010. 

Accounting for trips out of Washington for several days, the totalnumber of vacations Washington Secrets tabulated is 16, 10 where thefamily was together, such as for Christmas and summer vacations,one by the president and five by the first lady. Not included were CampDavid visits or trips like the first family’s New York City date night inMay, 2009. 

According to presidential watcher Mark Knoller of CBS, George W.Bush, at this time of his presidency, had made 30 visits to his Texasranch spanning all or part of 220 days. The Obama’s vacation daycount is less than half of that. 

But his have become more controversial because of the costsassociated with moving the first family to a public vacation spot, unlikethe Bushes to their remote ranch in Crawford, Texas. For example, theHawaii Re orter said the first famil ’s 2011 Christmas vacation in

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Critics and even some in his own party say the vacations present abad image at a time when many Americans are struggling to get byduring the recession. According to recent Harris poll, only three in 10said they plan to take a vacation lasting longer than a week in the nextsix months, and that number has been dropping during the recessionas people worry about the costs of vacations. Other polls have foundthat less than half of all Americans take all the vacation time they earnbecause they can’t afford trips. 

The Obama Vacation List 

-- President’s Day 2012, Michelle and the first daughters in Aspen,Colorado to ski. -- Christmas 2011, the first family in Hawaii for an extended vacation. -- Summer 2011, in Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., for the annual beachbreak. -- June 2011, the first lady, her mother and daughters traveled to SouthAfrica and Botswana. -- President’s Day 2011, the first lady and first daughters travel to Vailto ski. -- Christmas 2010, in Hawaii. -- August 2010, the first family traveled to Panama City Beach, Fla., forsome sun and fun at the beach. -- August 2010, Obama spent the weekend alone in Chicago for his49th birthday bash. -- August 2010, the first lady and daughter Sasha traveled to Spain for

a mother-daughter vacation. -- August 2010, summer vacation again at Martha’s Vineyard. -- July 2010, the first family went to Mount Desert Island, Maine. -- May 2010, the first family had a four-day trip to Chicago. -- March 2010, first lady and daughter spend Spring Break in New YorkCity. -- Christmas 2009, Hawaii again for the annual break. -- August 2009, at Yellowstone National Park and the Grand Canyon fora short vacation. -- August 2009, their first summer vacation as first family at Martha’sVineyard, Mass. 

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