Fall on the Hudson

We've missed our friends.  We've missed them a lot.  August and September went by extremely fast - and we went almost the entire two months without seeing people who live just 2 or 3 miles away from us.  With New York being in the peak of fall, an autumnal weekend with our buddies was in order.

Since I've moved to New York, Mike has raved about how West Point is not only a beautiful campus, but it's a great place to witness the wonder of an American tradition - an Army football game.  Army was honoring the the 55th anniversary of the 1958 Undefeated football team at the game & Mr. Novogratz was a part of that team - so our friend Matt rallied a festive crew to spend the day up at West Point.

We didn't take a train, and we didn't take a car - we took a ferry up to the game!  The early morning wake up call was 100% worth it when we got down to Pier 11 and it was an absolutely perfect day.  The sun was coming up over the Brooklyn bridge, and the Hudson river was sparkling.  We boarded our ferry with our bellies full of pumpkin spice lattes and climbed to the top deck to take in the breathtaking sights of autumn on the Hudson River.


After about 2 hours of unbelievable views and hills full of gorgeous fall foliage we arrived at the fortress that is, West Point.  The ferry left us little time to tour the campus and take in the scenery, but we did get a chance to grab a few brews and stock up on Army gear before heading into the stadium.  Once we were in for the game - it was impressive!  The stadium was a modest size, but it sure didn't SOUND that way!  Between the band and the core of cadets, the cheers and chants rivaled that of some Big 12 and Pac-12 football games I have been to.

After witnessing Army DOUBLE the score of their opponent - Eastern Michigan, we boarded our ferry once again to head back to the city.  We spent a few minutes admiring the view and the leaves from the top deck of the ferry before heading back down for a cozy beer and snack.  The only thing that kept us from spending the entire two hours enjoying the view and an amazing sunset was the brute force winds that can happen in the middle of fall when you're on the Hudson going 25 knots (ok, maybe that's an arbitrary number because neither of us are nautical experts, except when it comes to costumes!).  But we were lucky enough to see the sun setting on the Hudson behind my girl - Lady Liberty.  October sunsets are just THE BEST!  We were all home shortly before dark to end a fabulous day with some of our favorite people.  We're off to Washington, DC next weekend for friend's weekend part II - can't wait to share highlights from my FIRST TRIP TO OUR NATION'S CAPITOL!