West Point, New York

We left Glens Falls, New York on Friday morning. We drove to Florida, New York which is about 50 miles north of New York city. We were going to drive to Jersey City so that we could take in New York city, but decided to wait one day because of the park where we were going to stay has a loud nightclub next to it until 2:30 in the morning on Friday and Saturday nights. So, we decided to visit West Point Military Academy.

At West Point because Bob and I, having retiree's military ID from Bob's 20 years military service, were able to drive on "THE" Army Post and wander around.
It felt very wonderful to walk the grounds that so many great Americans have walked on before!!
They have bus tours available, but we wanted to see it on our own. We also toured the West Point museum, which is nicely done and free!! The grounds of West Point are really outstanding. It sits right on the Hudson River and is surrounded by hills all glowing orange with the fall foliage. It was about 70 degrees today (November 5th) so we didn't even wear coats. We thoroughly enjoyed our afternoon there.

We then stopped at the oldest continuously operating winery in America - the Brotherhood Winery in Washingtonville, NY. They have some neat old buildings. We wanted to taste some wine, but after killing about 45 minutes without ever getting one taste of wine (nor buying any wine) we left. They have really poor service so don't waste your time going there.

Tomorrow we're headed for New York city, but it may be a zoo as the New York marathon happens there!! Check us out in our next blog for details of our trip to New York city.