The Walkway Over the Hudson, the largest pedestrian bridge in the world, is one of many attractions in Vassar's backyard. Meet two friends of mine -- Ruby Cramer '12 and Tanay Tatum '12, both student government leaders -- as they take a stroll over the bridge. The Walkway opened at the beginning of my senior year in the fall of 2009; you couldn't imagine a more beautiful perch from which to see the rainbow of autumn leaves change color. In its first year alone, the bridge attracted nearly 500,000 visitors.