ymike2000's VirtualTourist Home Page

Hello my VT brothers and sisters! I'm a scenery nut and I'm never without my camera. My favorite way to travel is alone and by car.

The photo above is of the rollercoaster of a road called Missouri Hwy 19. I took it (yes, while driving...shame shame) on my cross-country roadtrip in August 2007. 25 states in 20 days! I believe you can't truly experience the USA while only staying on the interstates. You miss out on too much of this. Now that I'm a teacher I think I'll be doing long roadtrips like this every summer.

For many years I was fortunate enough to travel as the concert sound technician with a band. On tour I've been all over the USA and Canada, and also several countries in Europe.

I've been a musician all my life and I love being involved with good music, but I don't care to be in the spotlight. So the perfect place for me is at the rear of the venue with everyone's back to me!

This photo was taken in March of 2002 at Alice Tully Hall, part of NYC's Lincoln Center. It was a long soundcheck and I was really fried, but the crew was on a union break and I got a chance to sit down for a few minutes.

I live in Lodi, New Jersey - a town in Bergen County about 9 miles from New York City. Eventually I'll get around to posting some pictures and info on my hometown.

This photo is of a park near my former home in nearby Belleville. See, New Jersey is actually very pretty once you get off the main roads.

Until the Spring of 2006 I used to work in New York City. I took this photo near the entrance to my building. The street is East 42nd Street. In the foreground is Grand Central Station and the skyscraper behind it is the Chrysler Building.

I love the city and miss the energy, but my new career suits me much better - I'm now an elementary school music teacher! While this means I'm no longer free to travel 9 months of the year, it certainly doesn't mean I'm not having any adventures. And of course my students study lots of music from all over the world :)