Saturday, September 3, 2011

Second Month in New York City

Life in New York has been good;  re-connecting with family and old friends and planning for a return to Central America for shorter, solidarity projects.  More to follow on that.  Weather has been glorious all summer and Tropical Storm Irene had minimal effect in NYC, although most of the Northeast was heavily hit and within 20 miles people are still without water and electricity.

Today, however, on a lovely day, right near home in the Hudson River I undertook a kayaking jaunt (the young girl in the back will now be applying for the Peace Corps, as will the young Mexican-American bank officer I spoke with this week, and several others for whom jobs are not what they want--not meaningful or non-existent).  Aside from swimming and a little cave tubing, I didn't do much outdoor water activity in Belize--guess I had to come home for that.  This photo was taken by John with his iPhone.