Are We There Yet?

As the days pass the trees turn more and more. We have seen: green, light green, pale yellow, bright yellow, peach, all shades of orange on into the reds including burgundy. There was one time, close to the road, that the bushes looked like someone had thrown colored confetti. There are oak trees, varieties of maples, chestnuts, tulip trees, beech, and many other kinds of trees all growing side by side. So it makes it very colorful. Below are some pictures that we took. As we drove through the edge of the Catskill mountains it was a little hazy so it doesn't show the colors as bright as they were. There are also some pine trees in the Catskills so you have dark green among all the colors.
We arrived at West Point on October 11 and have been watching color changes here. There were not many trees turning here when we arrived. Everyone says that the colors aren't as good this year.

We stored our trailer outside the post and are staying with our daughter Br. and her family. The next pictures were taken at the area where we are storing the trailer. The third is of one of the hillsides here. A lot of the post is on hill sides like this.

Of course we are having fun with the grand kids.
The kids really wanted to sleep on the trailer. So we put it in a camping spot and spent Thursday night as they didn't have school the next day. I think they had a good time, do you?
The next morning Bu couldn't wait to build another fire. He has learned how in scouts and does a good job.

Their mom came in the morning after we had breakfast. The kids wanted to play on the play grounds for awhile so we let them.

Heading to the play ground. Br and her kids.
Kids in a swing race.
The swingers.
We were also able to go to a full review of the cadets. This is the building in which they dorm. Your can see dark arches at the base of the building. There are about seven of these and they file out of these, about four abreast, for the review. It is very impressive.

This is only about half of the ones on the parade ground. A visiting dignitary road by in a jeep to review them. Then they filed by in squads to salute him and the post commander.

The band marched by to lead the cadets in the review. Our son-in-law is playing bass drum on the far side of the snare drum player. He has just turned the corner so it is hard to see him.

The color guard going by.


One of the units going by.

B. and I went north one day and visited the F.D. Roosevelt Museum and toured his home. This was actually the home that he grew up in and then lived in as an adult. The home was added on to after his family got larger. The Library/Museum was built while he was living and he used it as his study and for his broadcasts.


The farm area was interesting. His father came there along with several other Dutchmen. The property was not very wide, so all could have some shoreline on the river, and was two miles deep. It was a working farm.

For lunch we went to the Culinary Institute. It is a chef's school. There are about four restaurants there and the students cook for them. It was gooood.