Questions about Upcoming Visit

Gasdoc
Mon, 22 Oct 2007 21:32:17 +0000

The Hampton Inn is nice - we’ve stayed there several times. There is also a Holiday Inn Express across the street and an Old Chicago nearby. I just stayed at the Comfort Suites last weekend - it’s located just off the South gate and all and all it was a good value for the dollar. We went to the noon meal formation on Friday (awesome flyby by two F-15s), a hockey game Friday night, and the Wyoming football game Saturday afternoon (a wacky game but still a thrilling win for AF).

If you decide to go out your son will likely be on a separate schedule. You may start together at the 9:00 AM presentation but at 10:00 AM he’ll be assigned to a cadet for a day while you’ll go on a family tour. It may be your only opportunity to spend time in the cadet area until orientation in April. If you do go out try to go on Mon, Wed or Fri to see the noon meal formation from the Chapel wall. You’ll realize very quickly that this is not your regular State U.

As a parent of a Pennsylvania cadet the trips we made out for summer seminar and orientation were a good investment. It helped to put us all on the same page and I believe we all were better prepared. Also I wouldn’t want any of my kids to attend a college or university that I didn’t have the opportunity to see beforehand. So for us this was a college trip similar to others places we went together - really no different.