14 hours each way on a bus and well…. let’s just say it throws you off your new year’s resolutions… for a bit. I was a chaperone for the Sandburg Band’s trip to N.Y City. I had 12 fine young men that I had to keep an eye on. They actually made my job easy, it was a really fun trip.
This was the first real test of my new Fuji X-Pro and it seemed to handle the challenge well. I was trying to post on a daily basis so the folks back home could see what we were up to ( and that had its own challenges – lack of wifi and all). I love carrying a light camera and except for my Leica M6 I have not been able to find a camera of that size I like. The Fuji did well.
New York is such a fascinating city. I’m very much a Chicagoan and so going was a real exercise in comparison and there were a lot of differences. Like no alleys, all the garbage goes out on the sidewalk for pickup. The signs in Time Square, the street vendors, the size of the stores in China Town, and those friendly New Yorkers. There is, however, an energy on the streets that makes me understand why some want to come.
