One of the wonderful aspects of my 4 weeks away in September was the “book-ended” photography – the Great Bear Rainforest at the beginning, and a unique photo-shoot with Joe McNally at Ellis Island, at the end.

Ellis Island is next to Liberty Island in New York Harbor. Between 1892 and 1954 it was the busiest immigrant inspection station, processing around 12M immigrants into the US through the Ports of New York and New Jersey.

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I’m looking out the window of my cabin on the Amtrak Crescent train, watching the bright green fields of Virginia streak by. Trees are covered in green leaves, soon to turn beautiful autumn colours, small “neat as a pin” farm-houses are set way back from the railway tracks, and horses are grazing on the lush grass. Of course there are also the mounds of disintegrating cars, farm equipment and tractors that have been dumped along the way, next to the tracks.

I’m on my way to New York after a wonderful week of exploring 3 cities and catching up with family and friends.

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