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Bob Goff’s Love Does – The Treasure
M y friend Brandon and I were in Washington, DC, together taking care of a few things. One night, we cars awkwardly parked around the Library of Congress. You would investigate, right? Yeah, us too. As we got closer, we saw a discreetly placed sign on the dashboard of one of the cars that was being used to barricade the Library. It read, “National Treasure 2.”
It didn’t take us long to make sense of the scene, and practically in unison we turned to each other and blurted, “No way! They’re filming National Treasure 2 inside the Library of Congress right now .” We knew right then and there that our evening plans had changed—we were going to now .” We knew right then and there that our evening plans had changed—we were going to sneak onto the set. We ran back to where we were staying, swapped our suits for blue jeans and shirts so we could look like part of the film crew, and rushed back to the Library. We had to dodge a couple of security guards, dash across a couple of lawns, and cut through some bushes, but a few minutes later, we found ourselves in the area where all the electrical cables and camera equipment were being unpacked.
There was a side entrance for crew only, so we played the part and walked toward the door but nobody suspected a thing. We just kept acting like we belonged and walked farther and farther into the Library. At the end of each corridor there was a small sheet of paper taped to the wall with an arrow and the word “Set” printed on it. We were getting worried that this was so easy.
We rounded a corner and were immediately met by a metal detector and a guard. The burst of adrenaline I felt told me we were busted—this caper was going to end poorly, for sure, and I knew we would be in a lot of trouble for being in the Library of Congress in the middle of the night. “Where are your crew badges?” the security guard barked at us while talking to his girlfriend on his cell phone. “We don’t have them,” we said kind of pathetically. He mumbled something to his girlfriend about guys like us on the film crew and shook his head. Irritated, he waved us through the metal detector.
We moved through and sprinted down the hall while the guard was shouting something about “badges . . . next time.” We turned the last corner and made it to the set. of thousands of books. Millions of books. Every book, supposedly. I wondered how the members of Congress had time to read all these. There was a somber silence underneath the grand dome. And it was hot . The movie lights were on, and, having since seen the movie, I think they were filming the scene where the actors are looking for the Presidential Book of Secrets . It’s a pretty cool scene. We could have powered the lights with our nervous energy.
Bob Goff’s Love Does – The Treasure
Bob Goff"s Love Does – The Treasure