We made a nice trip of it, since we drove to West Point for K's conference. First we stopped off near D.C. to see our friends Tom & Kris for a day or so. Then we headed up to West Point, where we stayed with friends while K helped at the conference. Then, we went to NYC on Thursday afternoon to stay with friends there until Saturday morning.
I enjoyed my first trip to West Point. I got to spend a good part of the week checking out the campus, even taking a tour one day. Man, is that place gorgeous.
(Not sure if the people in this picture are cadets, but they're definitely not in uniform. I think the cadets were all in class when I took this.)
(The superintendent's house. See his "GO ARMY / BEAT NAVY" spirit signs on the porch? )
The Cadet's Chapel was gorgeous. Evidently each week someone has to go through with a template to make sure the Bibles and hymnals are perfectly aligned.
Trophy Point was really neat too. It's called that because all the cannons on display there were captured during wars. There are a ton! Trophy Point also has a great view of the Hudson River.
(Evidently this giant chain is responsible for the U.S. being a country today.)
I couldn't believe how HUGE some of the homes were on the other side of the Hudson. They must have an amazing view! (Also, evidently the one in the bottom picture is supposed to look like the wizard's house in The Wizard of Oz.)
Our visit came at a great time to admire the fall leaves.
K had a good time playing with our friends' little girl. (See what I mean? Thank goodness HE's great with kids! Maybe our future children will have hope thanks to him.)
The night we got to NYC (after my fabulous haircut), we met our friends (the other I Do, Part 2 couple!) for tapas for dinner. There were some delicious ones and some very interesting ones, to say the least. Afterwards, we headed to a champagne bar. K and I decided NYC is a very expensive place. I have no idea how people can afford to live there and still be able to eat. (Actually, vice versa.)
Our friends' apartment was awesome, and you can even see Ground Zero from their window. Insane!
That Friday night, our friends invited over two other couples for a Louisiana friends reunion. Our friend Jay makes amazing crab rangoon, and K helped him prepare it for us for the evening.
What's funny is that until a few weeks ago, we hadn't seen two of these couples in over a year. We got to catch up with them at our Dallas ceremony. Then, two of the couples had weddings in the last month (both of which the 3rd couple also attended).
It was nice to have a little unexpected reunion. Who knows when we'll all get together again. It was still nice to be headed home after a week of being gone and over a month of traveling every single weekend. In our full day of driving, we got to see quite a bit of beautiful fall foliage.
But it turns out that after so much time away, nothing quite beats the look of your own front door.
2 comments:
Looks like quite the trip. Welcome home!
WOW- SO pretty!!! What a trip! And that last picture is the best of them all :)
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