June 4, 2012 Day
24 Total
miles to date: 511.67
We spent a fun today sightseeing with Quest and Moor
$tuff. We shared a minivan rented from
Enterprise and headed north up the Hudson River Valley. We stopped first at West Point
Military Academy and took a guided tour.
It is an impressive sight with its architecture and the hills that
surround it. We were especially
impressed with the chapel. After the
tour we stopped in the West Point Museum which is the largest and oldest
military museum in the nation.
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| West Point Chapel |
We continued up to Hyde Park and tried to tour Franklin
Roosevelt’s home. We just missed the tour so we settled for a movie at the Visitors
Center, and then we walked around the grounds of the home and gardens.  |
| Beautiful view of the Hudson River from West Point! |
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| Entrance to the CIA |
From there we went to the Culinary Institute of America (the other CIA). What an amazing place. We did not have reservations for lunch but were able to have a delicious meal at the Apple Pie Bakery Café. There are four other restaurants that are more formal in setting. We then took a guided tour of the college and thanks to our delightful tour guide, a second year student, we had a fantastic time. We are in awe of the program offered at the Culinary Institute! Tuition is at $34,000 a year!
