Waiting for truck motor-Bethel Woods-West Point

Thur.  Another day no motor.  Ford does not know if it has been shipped.  We did some calling to customer service and they helped all he could and gave us to regional manager.  He helped but still do not know if the motor has been shipped.  He was going to see what he could do in the morning and see if we could get a car to use.  I used the rubbing compound some more and waxed some more (stress release).  Linda did some cookie baking.  Gave three plates away to folks that have been helping us these last nine days.  We played card games, close but I finally won!!!

Fri.  Well John our regional manager called by nine but did not know when the motor will be shipped and by the end of the day was going to see if he could get us a car to use.  I finished one side of the rig only one more to go.  We paid some bills and played games.  We are enjoying walking in the mornings and our own bible studies in the afternoon.  After four M&M Ford came and picked us up, took us to the dealership and gave us a car to use till the truck is fixed. They had a lot of folks at the campground because of a concert at Woodstock.  At midnight they started a huge bonfire, and it was hot.  We watched it for an hour then to bed.

Sat.  It seems like a routine, walk, breakfast, and bible study.   I finished all I’m going to do on the outside of the rig.  I will say it does look new.  Linda spent the day looking for a church toward West Point.  We grilled chicken out on the grill.  After getting everything cleaned up we did the blog and called it an early night.

Sun.  We went to Church in Middletown.  They held services at Howard Johnson.  As we talked to the folks we found out that it is where we were going to the Sojourn before we both got sick at OVU.  After the service they took us to the new building.  They still have a lot to do but getting closer to getting the building occupancy permit.  When we left there we went straight to Starbuck’s (been well over 2wks).  Then to Walmart it is so nice to have wheels.  After dinner we played cards, did our bible study, then bed early.

Mon.  We did our laundry then to Bethel Woods which is known as Woodstock.  I remember them talking about Woodstock while in college but thought NY was too far away.  After touring the area I wish I had gone.  The building that had the museum started out with stuff that happened in the 60’s and how the country was changed.  Then it got into Aug. 15, 16, and 17th 1969 Woodstock (it got it’s name for the music company not the town).  The Woodstock music co. sponsored the event. They were hopping for 50,000 and got somewhere between 400,000 to 500,000 folks.  We both enjoyed the experience we had there.  We even got to dress like a rock star. The first picture is the grounds top right I’m standing where the stage was in 69.  Top left is the plaque for the event. Bottom right is the stage that they use today.  3rd top picture is where they have small events and movie nights. They keep the grounds beautiful.

The picture below is in the museum.

Wed.  What a great day. We saw our truck in shop getting worked on. Then Starbucks on the way to West Point.  We first went thru the museum (top right picture).Bottom 3rd picture is fat man atomic bomb case.  On Aug 6, 1945 bomb on Hiroshima which destroyed 60% of the city and killed 71,000.  Then three days later bomb on Nagasaki with similar results.  There were many other highlights you need to go and see for yourself.  After three hours we took a tour of West Point and the cemetery.  Right middle picture is old Chapel that the alumni moved piece by piece after they found they were going to destroy it for they needed the land it was on.  When we went to the cemetery (bottom right) the guide told us some of the stories of the folks there. One is Butterfield who wrote Taps is buried in this cemetery with a monument.  Middle picture is the Cadet Chapel, which has the worlds largest church organs 23,500 pipes.  Smallest pipe is size of pencil, largest a man can stand in it. the key board top 2nd picture.It has 879 keys.  It also features the stain glass windows which when replaced cost the same as it did when the first windows were replaced( company felt it was the least they could do for the school).  Bottom 2nd picture is part of the chain the George Washington used to put across the river to control the boat traffic on the river.  He knew that this was the most important part of the river because of the two bends in the river.  So he chose the west point (how the name was given) of the bend for the men and fort. The chain is at Trophy Point. There code of ethics is Duty Honor and Country (bottom left picture). There are 4500 Cadets in the 4yr program which is completely free but free has a price!  They must enroll in active duty 5yrs post grad.and the additional 3 yrs in reserves which is a total of 12 yrs. Many of our generals graduated from here like Grant, MacArthur(Which brought athletics to the Academy which mandatory for everyone to play a sport.  They can feed each class in 25mins!  They have grad many 3 star generals and I believe 2 of the 5 star generals grad from here.