W. Loves Beach Volleyball

Being the president of the United States has a lot of perks. Sure, there are some challenging decisions that need to be made now and then: questions of war and peace / taxation / social services / health care / etc. But all the stress is apparently worth it if it gains you access to a private beach volleyball lesson with Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh at the Olympics:

I'm not sure what's going on in the last picture, but I have a feeling it will go down as one of the lasting images of the Bush presidency, up there with the oh-so-wrong Mission Accomplished photo.

For more pics from W.'s day at the beach, click here. And don't be surprised if the George W. Bush Presidential Library has a beach volleyball net out back.

***UPDATE***: This post was mentioned in today's Washington Post Express Blog Log. You can read the online version here.