Outing "Up-State"

Middletown chapel
Apartment in Monticello
Bear Mountain Pass, I believe this is the Hudson river

Monday after district meeting we took a drive up to our new area. The GPS took us over the George Washington Bridge and over to New Jersey. That was a new experience for us. The countryside was beautiful all the way up about 90 miles north of the Store house in the Bronx. Our first stop was Middletown. We were so excited to see AppleBee's, Red Lobster, Wal-mart, Sam'c Club, Olive Garden and Gander Mountain. Of course we had to stop in and see the Sportmans store Gander Mountain, comparable to Sportsman warehouse. Monticello is about 30 miles north west from there. It is a beautiful green lush roaming hills countryside. We punched in the address to the Elder's apartment and to our great surprise met a lady who in turn called the manager who showed us an apartment she had available to rent. She loves renting to the missionaries. They never give her any problems and they are always so helpful and kind. That is evidence of what good missionaries we have here. Thanks to all of them she is thrilled to be able to rent to us. Initially we were suppose to live in Middletown, but we are really leaning towards Monticello. We took a different route half of the way back to the Bronx. We wanted to see how to get to York town chapel where our Mission Conferences are. What a treat. We drove over "Bear Mountain" and snapped a few pictures. Doug says it reminds him of Steamboat springs Colorado.