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Real Name: Mike
Lives In: Lodi, US
Birth Date: February 14
Member Since: Feb 08, 2002
Last Login: Nov 08, 2009   06:52 UTC
Member's Time: Nov 08, 2009   13:06 EST
VT Rank: 2442
Deals Rank: Unranked
External Page:www.myspace.com/ymike2000
Travel Interests: Music, Theater Travel, National/State Park, Desert, Road Trip

 

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Greetings from New Jersey

by ymike2000 - last update: Oct 12, 2009

Road trip!

Big Bend National Park, Texas
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.

I took the photo above in August 2009. Since I'm a school teacher, I have some time in the summer to travel. So every year I take a cross-country road-trip. This year I visited 22 states in 16 days. I believe you can't truly experience the USA while only staying on the interstates. You miss out on too much of this!

If you are interested, you can see more photos of my roadtrips in the travelogues of my USA page.
Me at Alice Tully Hall

Touring Soundguy

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.

Home

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.
Belleville Park
East 42nd Street

New York

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.

The latest adventure...

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 10 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 :)
Thanks, Morgan!

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Comments for ymike2000
Dimi1 Sat Aug 15, 2009 00:44 UTC
 Hello Mike, Long time no talk on this busy and exiting times. Thank you so much for your wishes, Cheers, Dimi
daddygila Mon Aug 10, 2009 14:16 UTC
 Thanks Mike Another great birthday (still having them lol) Staying put this summer. Broke like everyone else.....hahahahaaha Stay well.
John195123 Mon Feb 23, 2009 20:21 UTC
 Happy Belated Birthday and many travels in your new year!
Igraine Sun Feb 15, 2009 14:12 UTC
 Hope you had a great bday :)
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