Last October, Rush announced they would be going on tour again for the first time in over a decade. My dad and I decided that we would go and see them in New York City at Madison Square Garden. Since we were traveling to NYC, we decided that we might as well make a vacation out of it. My wife invited her siblings along with us, and we all converged to NYC at the end of July. Our first day started around the Flatiron Building, which takes up the first photo of the post. I took a picture of Mayden and her two siblings with an interesting clock tower in the background. After we left the Flatiron Building, we went to MSG for a tour. We were able to see the entire Rush stage setup early, but we weren’t able to take any pictures. Later that afternoon, my dad, a few friends and I saw Rush. It was an amazing concert!
The next day, we started out at Central Park. Almost immediately we found Bigfoot (Owen). Mayden and Macy found an overlook to ponder life (more likely the hot weather). Around this time I found a few different plants to take pictures of. The first was a mint plant, the “Downy Skullcap”. Even though we were there on the last day of July, some plants already started turning red. The fern-esque leaf turning green to red belongs to a “Staghorn Sumac”. In a different part of the trail we were on, I found a Thimbleberry fruit, which is the red fruit with the massive green leaves.
As we were leaving the trail in Central Park, I was finally able to capture a squirrel. This was followed by several attempts by the lot of us to pet one to no avail. As one was climbing on a fence, someone got close to petting it but unfortunately it got spooked and scurried off. While leaving the park, we stopped by the Gapstow Bridge. There were lots of ducks perched nearby, so I had to capture them as well. Some were sleeping and others were grooming, but they were quite happy by the looks of it.
Changing gears the next day, we headed south towards Wall Street. I stopped along the way at “The Wild Table of Love” sculpture. It was massive, with many life-size animals seated at the table. The last image in this series was taken at the Charging Bull on Wall Street. Macy, Owen and Mayden wanted their picture taken while touching the bull’s balls.
This NYC trip was great and I am unsure when we will be back again, but we’re looking forward to it!
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