Presidential vacations and recreation
From fishing, sailing and swimming, to playing tennis and golf, we look back at how U.S. presidents have historically spent their vacation and recreation time.
The 45-foot schooner Amberjack, with President Franklin D. Roosevelt aboard, seated and wearing sailor's hat, is shown sailing from Buzzard's Bay, Mass., toward Campobello Island, off the coast of Maine, during his vacation, June 1933. (AP Photo)
President Harry S. Truman waves his pith helmet from a Navy crash boat, on which he made a fishing expedition from Key West, Fla., as the craft prepares to leave a dock at Key West, March 18, 1949. The president caught a 16-pound barracuda and a similar size grouper. (AP Photo)
President John F. Kennedy swings aboard a golf cart to drive his family to their nearby summer home after an afternoon of cruising Nantucket Sound aboard the yacht Marlin, on July 29, 1961, in Hyannis Port. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
President Richard Nixon waves from the port side of the government yacht "Julie" as he and his friend, Charles G. "Bebe" Rebozo, left, leave the Key Biscayne Yacht Club, March 9, 1969, for a cruise on Biscayne Bay. (AP Photo/John Rous)
President Gerald Ford surfaces for air while swimming in the pool of his home in Alexandria, Va., on Aug. 11, 1974. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity)
President Jimmy Carter and daughter Amy show off part of their catch from a twelve-hour fishing trip, May 29, 1977 in St. Simons Island. The first family motored far off the coast of his resort island where they are spending a vacation. (AP Photo)
President George H.W. Bush gives a thumbs up as he holds a 12-15 pound blue fish he caught while fishing near his family vacation home in Kennebunkport, Me., Aug. 16, 1991. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
President Ronald Reagan tosses a coconut during a midday break at Kahala Beach, in the midst of a stroll and swim in Honolulu, Hawaii, on April 23, 1984. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)
President Bill Clinton waves his paddle over his head and Hillary Clinton waves after negotiating the Big Kahuna Rapids, during a raft trip on the Snake River near Alpine Junction, Wyo., on Aug. 17, 1996. Their daughter, Chelsea, is hidden by the paddle. The first family ended their vacation in the Jackson Hole area with the raft trip. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)
President Lyndon B. Johnson tees off at golf after arriving at Ramey Air Force base, on March 3, 1968, in Puerto Rico. The president and his wife Lady Bird brought their daughter Luci, their grandson, Patrick Lyndon, and son-in-law Patrick Nugent to the island for a weekend of rest in the sun. (AP Photo)
Somebody said something funny as Bob Hope and President Richard Nixon prepare to tee off for a round of golf at Lakeside Golf Club in North Hollywood, California on Jan. 3, 1970. The president helicoptered to Hope’s nearby home from his San Clemente vacation home. (AP Photo)
President Dwight Eisenhower takes a hearty swing at the ball in Thomasville, on Feb. 17, 1956. (AP Photo/Bob Schutz)
President Dwight Eisenhower relaxes at the 18th hole during a golf game in Newport, R.I, Sept. 10, 1957. (AP Photo/Henry Burroughs)
President Gerald Ford in Palm Springs for a working vacation, has no trouble coming out of a trap at the Eldorado Country Club, during a round of golf on March 31, 1975 in Palm Springs, California. Ford played with comedian Bob Hope during the round. (AP Photo/Charles Tasnadi)
President George H.W. Bush playfully gestures at photographers while playing a round of golf at the Cape Arundel Golf Club course in Kennebunkport, Maine, May 26, 1990. Bush is spending the holiday weekend at his vacation home on the Maine coast. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
President George H.W. Bush gets some advice on a putt from caddy John Kelly, while playing the course at Mid Ocean Club in Bermuda, March 17, 1991. The president is on the island for Bermuda summit meetings and some recreation. (AP Photo/Barry Thumma)
President Bill Clinton stretches prior to the start of his participation in a golf tournament at the Farm Neck Golf Club on Martha's Vineyard in Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts, Aug. 22, 1993. President Clinton and his family are spending a 10-day vacation on the popular New England island. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)
President Jimmy Carter digs out for first base at Plains, Ga., on Aug. 19, 1978, during a softball game with his brother Billy’s team. He lined out on the play as he vacations in his hometown. (AP Photo)
President George H.W. Bush reaches for a return shot during a doubles match with son Jeb Bush early Sunday afternoon Aug. 27, 1989, at the Bush compound on Walker's Point at Kennebunkport, Maine. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
President Clinton and his daughter Chelsea ride horses on the ranch where the first family is vacationing near Jackson, Wyo., Aug. 14, 1996. The Teton Mountains can be seen in the background. (AP Photo/Joe Marquette)
President Dwight Eisenhower displays a big smile on arrival at Moody Air Force Base, Ga., Feb. 4, 1959, in spite of the prospect of a rainy vacation. Eisenhower looks from car at start of 50-mile trip to the estate of George M. Humphrey, for five or six days of quail shooting and golf. (AP Photo)
Text and photo curation by Katherine O'Mara