Just your everyday, under the radar trip to pick up a couple of things at Target ... just like you and me. : o /
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEjQsXhmuew
And that’s just the FLOTUS caravan. It’s bigger by a few vans for POTUS. Note, every single street en route is closed off and covered by uniforms for about 10-20 minutes before they pass by. Annoying as he!!. Not to mention, costly.
In my early married years we lived X the street from a big, popular DC hotel and saw the Reagan caravans arrive regularly. But THAT, of course, was different ;)