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Crawford sees tourists, media but not much else
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The main drag in Crawford is parked up with shorts-clad visitors toting cameras around their necks and bags of Bush-themed goodies from the remaining shops.
The marquee in front of the packed Coffee Station, where Jenna Bush herself has come in and eaten fried jalapenos, reads, “Congrats Jenna and Henry.”
Parked next to the Security Bank of Crawford, located across the main drag from the gift shops, is a CBS trailer with a fancy satellite contraption on top.
Other than that, there’s not much going on in this town of roughly 705 people.
A lone Secret Service agent is parked outside the barriers at the corner of Mattlege and Prairie Chapel roads, the intersection that three years ago saw thousands of anti-war protestors lead by Cindy Sheehan.
Now, the friendly agent talks casually with curious tourists and media that trickle by the intersection. He lets them take a picture of the barriers and they drive away.
Three members of the Crawford High School cheerleading team enthusiastically hold up posters directing visitors on their way to the ranch to their car wash, baked sale and garage sale to raise money for their uniforms.
Fourteen-year-old cheerleaders Austin Rogers and Kayla Bruce have lined the streets waving the posters for two days — hoping to take advantage of the increased traffic flow to the town.
“It’s actually been very slow,” Austin said. “Very slow.”
But they admit that standing on the road that leads to the president’s ranch has been well-traveled.
“Yesterday we got to talk to one media person,” Austin said. “And we saw one big truck that looked like it was carrying decorations for the wedding.
“There’s been a lot of black Cadillacs and cops too, but that’s about it.”
Their goal? To get Jenna or the president, himself, to stop and get their car washed. “I’m sure they’re all already in there,” Kayla said.
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