US: Obama family enjoys tennis, sights on Maine coast

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18 July,2010 08:57 am

President Barack Obama and the first family have had an action-packed weekend to Mount Desert Island, for vacations. The first family played tennis and took in the sights around a Maine resort even as he contemplated a new struggle over jobless benefits with his GOP foes.The first vacation day packed with biking, boating and a visit to the summit of Cadillac Mountain. The Obamas went to the Bar Harbor Club to play tennis and hang out at the pool, spokesman Bill Burton said. Then they motorcaded across Mount Desert Island to a hotel overlooking Southwest Harbor. Lunch was served against a backdrop of sailboats swinging at anchor in a gentle breeze.