Jon, Alyssa, & Adalyne: Episode Eight: West Point

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Episode Eight: West Point

On one of the weekends where all the rest of the BIM University guys went home, the Turner New York office invited us to their yearly party which was at a West Point football game! We were way excited! We went with one of the other BIM U girls, Nicole, (who is so awesome and who dealt with Adalyne in the back of the car for the ride there and back...THANK YOU!!)

We had an awesome tailgating party beforehand with tons of great food: hamburgers, hot dogs, grilled chicken, steak, shrimp, even oysters! It was a serious party and there was a ton of stuff to do thanks to the West Point cadets who were showing off some of the weapons and tactical equipment they use. We also got to see a traditional highlight where several West Pointers parachute down and land on the tailgating field.

A problem came up where there were more people than expected so they were short one ticket...Jon and I gave up ours since we were extra invited guests and Nicole came with us. We spent the afternoon touring West Point which was incredibly beautiful. There is so much history there and we loved reading about all the different ways West Point has been critical to our nation's development.

We began exploring the actual grounds of West Point, but you need to have a cadet be your guide and they were all at the game, so we felt very adventurous breaking the rules...until an important looking man came walking towards us and we chickened out and scrambled out as fast as we could trying to look as inconspicuous as possible with our conspicuous looking stroller.