| Escape from 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue! Even the President needs to take a break once in a while. TIME.com looks back at some memorable presidential vacations
Anyone who's ever endured summer in Washington should sympathize with a
President's urge to escape the capital for a week (or four). And when you
consider that it's no picnic being leader of the free world, it's hardly
surprising that these commanders-in-chief tend to look forward to their
vacations — strolling the links, frolicking on a beach or galloping
around a ranch — just as much as the rest of us do.Warren Harding has a grin for his photographer as the President indulges his favorite hobby. Harding is shown here on the Palm Beach Golf Club course. (1922) 
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