Part of the fun of a trip is flying. This made the traveling very fun and fast. I left our county airport in my hometown of Owls Head. in the dark Thursday morning headed for Rochester NY. I was suprised that there were human beings, more than a dozen of them with a need to fly out of our little local airport at six in the morning. We boarded a commuter plane which had a row of small cloth seats on each side of a very narrow aisle. Everything I needed for my mini-vacation was in my backpack. This twin-engine plane flew us to Boston where I took a slightly larger Saab 340 turbo-prop to Rochester.

After visiting Rochester, I was flying to New York City for a day or so. Then I'd fly home Sunday. I visited my Owls Head neighbor, very good friend, and co-worker, Jacob Post in Rochester Institute of Technology. I was at the Rochester airport at about 10am. Pretty good time. I hung around college for two days and brough Jacob along to New York, as he'd not seen it before. He tagged along with us in New York City.

We left for New York City early Saturday morning. It only took about an hour to get from Rochester to New York. This was on a Saab 340 also. Jacob and I arrived at the airport and took a bus and then a subway to downtown Manhattan where we were supposed to meet outside of the NBC studios. We wandered around the block, and spent a good deal of time waiting in front of the door to NBC. We didn't realize there were two doors. We were looking for people we didn't know. There are lots of people we don't know in New York City. We were a few minutes late, but still there and having a great time.

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640 1024 This is on the edge of the campus at Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester New York. Jacob goes here. A popular school for engineering and photography. I spent two years at Worcester Polytechnic Institute which is just as good, and was closer to home (4 hours) but far enough away to guarantee my freedom and independence.


640 1024 Here is Rochester's airport on Saturday morning before we flew into New York City. It was dark, cold, and a dense damp fog hovered over the fields. As the morning went by, the sky got brighter and warmer. It turned out to be an excellent day. Comfortable enough to not need a jacket while in New York City.


640 1024 Here we leave the terminal and board the plane. I love flying. I've even taken a few flying lessons.


640 1024 A random photo opportunity as we took off. I use a Nikon F4s which I've had since 1991. I bought the camera before I owned a vehicle! I brought one lens on the trip - a 28-70 f/2.8 zoom which is a good general purpose lens. I'm quite a serious photographer, and I shot nothing but slides. They have better color and last longer than prints.


640 1024 This is a lucky shot of the RIT campus just after take off. Lots of parking lots and brick buildings.


640 1024 Here is the inside of the Saab turbo-prop we flew to NYC in. Those with motion sickness or claustrophobia would best not see images like these.


640 1024 This right above the clouds on the way to New York. These clouds went away not long after I took this photo. It is very heavenly, bright, and beautiful above the clouds.


640 1024 Here are mighty sunbeams coming through the cloud as we descend beaneath them and prepare to land in New York City.


640 1024 This is at La Guardia Airport in Queens. From there we took a bus to a "T" terminal and the "subway" took us to Manhattan about a block from where we were to meet.

Saturday October 4th, Mariah Fans Roam New York City