West Point, United States Travel Blogs

The wait
May 22, 2008

Just waiting another week to get over the big pond to Morocco!

Back in the USA
Jan 10, 2008 (1 photos)

... seeing where I might possible be fighting the years to come. All in all it's good to be back in the States, but not at the Point. I am a few days behind everyone else with room organization and I get no sleep compensation for the 10 hour time ...

Tid Bits on Maldives
Jan 13, 2008

Here just a little info on Maldives, and some cultural differences -Maldivians eat very late. Dinner is around 10:30 or 11:00 at night. Most shops are open until 11 pm as well. -All drinking water is bottled. From the water at meals to household ...

Anticipation
Dec 17, 2007 (1 photos)

      Only 3 days until finals are over, and only 6 days until the journey starts. I'm getting all my final details prepared for the trip. Ali has everything set up for our visit back, and he's got some fun stuff planned for us ...

Tickets
Nov 3, 2007 (1 photos)

I just got word from my roommate that his government was bringing him home for Christmas break. I rushed back after classes to get online and buy my ticket from Emirates air at $1,813. I'll be leaving a day after him do to prices being way too high, but ...

Leaving West Point
Oct 9, 2005

It has finally stopped raining at West Point, which is nice because driving the big rig in the rain is...not as fun as not in the rain. We head up through, Conn.,Mass.,Vermont and stop in New Hampshire for the night. The leaves are beautiful through ...

West Point
Oct 7, 2005 (5 photos)

... ) through the gate. We park the motor home right on the Hudson. Wow! what a view! We have breakfast and go to the West Point museum and of course the gift shop, where everyone thinks they need an AMRY shirt. We take care of some personal business and have ...

West Point
Oct 8, 2005

After a night of pouring rain on the Hudson at West Point, we get up. The Motorhome is not leaking...nice. The parade before the Homecoming game has been cancelled, we're disappointed, we wanted to see the cadets in parade w/ uniforms. We get dressed for ...

Sailing down the Hudson River to West Point
Sep 8, 2001

... to sit in Patti's air-conditioned car and let her take us on a tour of the area. We decided to visit West Point. What a magnificent area. Fortress West Point is the oldest continually occupied post of the U.S. Army having its beginnings on January 27, ...

Grand Tour
Oct 6, 2005 (2 photos)

... and meet Colonel Herbert. He takes us on private tour of West Point. The boys especially love the football and weight room facilities. West Point is a beautiful campus! WOW! We eat an early dinner at a great italian place. We realize that we don't quite ...

Leaving Tomorrow
May 22, 2009 (2 photos)

I'm leaving tomorrow!  It's hard to believe that tomorrow is graduation, and another year of this place is over with!  I've finally almost finished closing out my room, only a few things left to take down to the trunk room.  And I have ...

Hats, Beret, Wedding
May 27, 2006 (4 photos)

I graduated, shook the Prez's hand, got pinned, and went to a wedding all in one day. Not much else to be said about it. Here's some pictures.

Guys in Uniform
Apr 21, 2008 (1 photos)

Today we did a show at West Point.  I just love me some guys in uniform! And I guess I should, as I am partial to my own guy in uniform who left today to go into Iraq.  Oh dear......

The Joys of Paperwork
Apr 20, 2009

Welcome!  So I'm sitting here in my room at school, having finished the last major piece of paperwork (well.... it was scary online training, not really paperwork).  We leave in a little over a month (33 days!) which is simply unbelievable, ...

Knob creek machine gun shoot
Oct 12, 2007 (5 photos)

We leave the hotel and head to the range. We turn onto the range driveway and make our way over the one lane steel bridge which spans a small stream as we get closer our first sight is a warning sign . Now even more intrigued after the warning we pull ...