Q: How does President Obama’s number of trips, domestic and international, match up with his predecessors’ trips?
—Richard Tobias, Peachtree City
A: President Barack Obama has taken more international trips than the five presidents preceding him, according to a July report prepared for the 2009 White House Transition Project. The study by Brendan J. Doherty, an assistant professor at the United States Naval Academy, found that Obama spent 18 days abroad during the first six months, compared to 12 days for President George H.W. Bush, nine days for President George W. Bush, six days for President Jimmy Carter and two days each for President Ronald Reagan and President Bill Clinton. Obama traveled to domestic events for 19 days during the first six months as president, compared to President George W. Bush, with 40 days, President George H.W. Bush, with 24 days, and President Clinton, with 21 days. His trips outnumber President Carter, with 10 days, and President Reagan, with seven days.
Q: Where does Sweetwater Creek begin and end?
—Reid Yarbrough, Oxford
A: The creek starts near the Cobb/Paulding line near Dallas, and ends at the Chattahoochee River at Riverside Parkway, according to the Georgia State Parks & Historic Sites division of the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. Sweetwater Creek State Park, located at 1750 Mount Vernon Road in Lithia Springs, is open 7 a.m.-10 p.m. daily, and the visitor’s center is open 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday.
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