Three months is a long time to be running around from city to city, a day on the Greyhound here, two days on the train there, possibly not having any accommodation confirmed by the time I got on board (and in the case of Boston, no accommodation at all as the request fell through en route). So I’m taking a week out before my last weekend in New York and the flight back on 2nd September. Yeah. I’m flying home on Labor Day. I clearly know nothing about US public holidays…

I’ve ended up an hour of so from NYC, in West Haven CT (the quieter, less Yaleish nextdoor neighbour of New Haven). Took an absolute age to get from New Haven station down to the motel – even getting a bus as far as downtown West Haven means waiting forever, let alone the extra mile or two to Beach Street, and forget about travelling after 6pm – but eventually I had a room to myself, Chinese takeout of dubious quality but vast size, wine, and this view just over the road (iPad photo, not that great):

So yeah, that’ll do.

Still hopelessly behind on the blog. I do mean to get more of the trip written up, however briefly, but all the photos as far as LA are already up on Flickr – and besides, they look prettier there.

One thing this trip has forced me to do is get to grips with photography again. I spent a long time not feeling like I was good enough to do anything with it; but having come out with a good few shots that might well work as prints, at least as well as some stuff I’ve seen on sale, I guess they’re the thing that needs to be good enough. So I’ll be working on some new treatments of the best shots from the trip, and trying to get my head round print sales instead of worrying about whether I’m good enough. Onwards.