Gee Whiz! Coyotes! Skunks! Raccoons! I had No Idea!
I'm an Upstate New Yorker, and when I take my joyous excursions to Town Hall in NYC to be an "On Site Prairie Homer," I book a room at the West Side YMCA for something under $30. When the time comes, I walk south a block to the corner by the Trump Tower. Then I cross the Avenue and take …
Gee Whiz! Coyotes! Skunks! Raccoons! I had No Idea!
I'm an Upstate New Yorker, and when I take my joyous excursions to Town Hall in NYC to be an "On Site Prairie Homer," I book a room at the West Side YMCA for something under $30. When the time comes, I walk south a block to the corner by the Trump Tower. Then I cross the Avenue and take a leisurely hike through the park to my Very, Very, Very Favorite Live Performance starring Garrison Keillor and Friends! It hasn't even bothered me to walk back across the park in the dark - "No Big Deal!" - Right? With the thought of all those critters, maybe I'll walk down a few blocks to the first regular west-bound street, or even get a tax to get back to the YMCA hostel. Thanks for the heads up!
I had no idea, either - I grew up in MA and now I live in NH - always in the more rural parts of both states. I've only been to NYC twice, once on a school field trip to see the Statue of Liberty in the 1970's (when the teacher-chaperones had to plead with some of the more boisterous students to keep their middle fingers away from the windows) and once for a brief stop at Grand Central Station on a bus trip to SC with my hubby to pick up a van he'd bought on Ebay (where I watched a uniformed gentleman checking everyone's luggage - one non-English speaking elderly lady opened up her suitcase and a gigantic ham rolled out. The inspector tried vainly to explain that she couldn't bring the ham out of the state, but finally gave up when it was clear she had no idea what he was saying - and that the rest of the passengers were clearly on the ham lady's side).
I knew about the coyotes from a documentary I'd once watched, but some of the others surprised me. Who would think that NYC would end up with so many deer that they would have to do vasectomies on the bucks? Personally, I would be more worried about the two legged critters myself, but that's just me. You're a lot braver than I am!
Gee Whiz! Coyotes! Skunks! Raccoons! I had No Idea!
I'm an Upstate New Yorker, and when I take my joyous excursions to Town Hall in NYC to be an "On Site Prairie Homer," I book a room at the West Side YMCA for something under $30. When the time comes, I walk south a block to the corner by the Trump Tower. Then I cross the Avenue and take a leisurely hike through the park to my Very, Very, Very Favorite Live Performance starring Garrison Keillor and Friends! It hasn't even bothered me to walk back across the park in the dark - "No Big Deal!" - Right? With the thought of all those critters, maybe I'll walk down a few blocks to the first regular west-bound street, or even get a tax to get back to the YMCA hostel. Thanks for the heads up!
I had no idea, either - I grew up in MA and now I live in NH - always in the more rural parts of both states. I've only been to NYC twice, once on a school field trip to see the Statue of Liberty in the 1970's (when the teacher-chaperones had to plead with some of the more boisterous students to keep their middle fingers away from the windows) and once for a brief stop at Grand Central Station on a bus trip to SC with my hubby to pick up a van he'd bought on Ebay (where I watched a uniformed gentleman checking everyone's luggage - one non-English speaking elderly lady opened up her suitcase and a gigantic ham rolled out. The inspector tried vainly to explain that she couldn't bring the ham out of the state, but finally gave up when it was clear she had no idea what he was saying - and that the rest of the passengers were clearly on the ham lady's side).
I knew about the coyotes from a documentary I'd once watched, but some of the others surprised me. Who would think that NYC would end up with so many deer that they would have to do vasectomies on the bucks? Personally, I would be more worried about the two legged critters myself, but that's just me. You're a lot braver than I am!