A New Love of Jalapenos

This past weekend Aaron and I were both lucky enough to have a three day weekend. I love government jobs! Anyway, we traveled back to West Point to visit some friends. Danny and his wife Kathy have been friends since Fort Drum. Aaron and Danny served together in 3-71 CAV.

It was awesome to get to see them. They are lucky enough to live among the beauty of the United States Military Academy. I loved going back to West Point. I have only been there one other time but I don't think I would ever get sick of being around the history and seeing the beautiful buildings. Even in the gray of winter the place is still beautiful.

Here are some pictures from the trip:

We couldn't visit without bringing lobsters. They enjoyed them a lot. I also got some great new recipes while we were there. The Phillips crew has introduced us to a new love of jalapenos. Cheese and jalapenos, Yum!

Here is there little lab Cassie. She was so soft! I couldn't get over it. Boone is never that soft. Not even right after a bath!

Saturday morning, we headed out to tour around campus. I love hearing Aaron tell all the stories about the place.

WP crest located on the new library. It was beautiful! It was all blasted out of stone. The outside of The Cadet Chapel. I know it doesn't show the whole chapel but I loved the detail in the stone.

Inside the chapel. This picture doesn't do it justice. It was gorgeous!


Pershing Barracks. This is where Aaron lived during his time there.

Aaron and Danny in front of Pershing Barracks.

Aaron told me the story behind the canons but I can't remember it right now. Sorry! I thought it was really neat.

(Click to enlarge. I stitched this picture together.)
To the left is Eisenhower barracks, in the middle is the 'mess hall' aka Washington Hall and to the right is MacArthur.

This is inside the 'mess hall'. There are 6 wings in the hall. This is only one of them. Crazy, I know! Aaron says they feed about 4,000 cadets in under 20 minutes. I wish the picture wasn't so blurry (my fault of course). The mural at the end is of the history of war. It is really a sight to behold.

Later that day we headed over to Orange County Choppers to check out there motorcycles. I will post about that and the rest of the trip soon. There are a lot of pics of bikes to go through!

(click to enlarge...again! Blogspot is starting to irritate me with this small picture thing. It is small even when you choose a large pic!) Oh well, it says ARMY beat Navy! Just in case you can't read it.