Pictures from the top down:
1. West Point Museum
2. Hudson River from West Point
3. Judi and Gerry at The Breakers
4. Mr. Singh, our hero for the week!
5. Patting some sttue for good luck
6. The Diner where we ate tonight in Hyde Park
Well, here we are heading North again. After leaving the Boston area we drove to Rhode Island. Newport is a wonderfully tidy and beautiful city. We wandered around town and after a great lunch at a pub and the sweetest cutest waiter we have had in a long time (the crowds are less and people have a chance to visit) we headed for the Breakers, perhaps the most opulent millionaire's mansion along the seashore. Unbelievable! We encountered some silvery looking panels in one of the rooms. Analysis has shown this shiny stuff to be platinum!!!! After soaking up as much of that as we could we headed for New Haven.
Had big plans for today but did have to scale back. This morning we needed to to go UPS and send some treasures home. Called the UPS store and Judy spoke with Mr. Singh. He talked us in to his store which adjoins Yale. He couldn't have been nicer and was waiting to welcome us as we drove into the parking lot. It had taken several phone calls and his good humor never flagged. And then! We conducted our business, he suggested some places for us to walk, and let us leave our car parked right by his front door! We came back an hour later and he and another gentleman got us on the right road headed out of town. Now if that isn't service I don't know what it!! Thanks sooooooooo much, Mr. Singh.
Our walking around Yale was wonderful! It is what a college is supposed to look like. It drips tradition and we tried to imagine what it would be like to live there for 4 years and go to school. Very inspiring.
Heading out of town we had to jettison plans to stop and see June and Ed Pierce in Connecticut and going on to Greenwich, Conn. Headed straight as we could toward West Point on the Hudson River. When we got a little hungry pulled off the Interstate and ate at a little restaurant and deli tucked in the woods. We had one of the best lunches we have ever had. Don't have my notes but later will let you know where to stop if you are ever in this area. It was a gem!
The ride to West Point was beautiful and there is really a lot of color coming on. Most of today was drove along rivers, ponds, and lakes. Arrived at West Point to get the last tour of the day. Cute young guide who had lots of anecdotes about West Point grads and kept us amused. It is really awe inspiring to think of all the history we were surrounded by. Saw some links (each one weighs 100 pounds) of a chain that George Washington stretched across the Hudson River to thwart the Britsih. And we got to see this!
And then on north along the Hudson River to Hyde Park. When we pulled into the parking lot of the Motel where we had reservations couldn't believe it. We have a very large room, a little kitchen, and if it were light I could see FDR's presidential library across the street. Went to dinner at a fabulous diner right up the street and making plans tomorrow to visit the Culinary Institute of America for lunch, all the Roosevelt sites, and returning to the diner for dinner.
I'm going very fast tonight as I am in the motel lobby. The motel owners are Chinese and are here listening to dramatic Chinese TV and they close the office at 11:00 so I have to dash along. Left Judi and Lee working on some plans for Philadelphia. Not enough hours in the day!!!!!!
Take care everyone and the Gotta Go Girls send their love!
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