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PALM SPRINGS (CBS/AP) — President Barack Obama is spending a long Father’s Day weekend in the desert oasis of Rancho Mirage.

The president and the first lady arrived at the Palm Springs International Airport Friday night after visiting an Indian reservation earlier in the day.

Congressman Raul Ruiz, who represents the Coachella Valley, was delighted to greet Air Force One on the tarmac.

“I’m an emergency doctor and my wife is a nurse and it was the first time I got to introduce my wife to the first lady,” Ruiz said. “We congratulated her on combating youth obesity.”

The visit is Obama’s third trip to the Coachella Valley in the past year.

The Obamas are staying with White House decorator Michael Smith and his partner, U.S. Ambassador to Spain James Costos, at their vacation home.

The president’s handlers scoped out some golf courses and gave a list to Obama just in case he wants to spend Father’s Day on the links.