This morning I dropped my daughter off at the base so that I could have the car and sit for a while at a McDonald's to get breakfast and to use the free wi-fi. Because she could have called me at any minute to tell me to come and get her, I decided to walk around the streets here.This is a busy, urban part of town. There is a high school next to McD's, and the place was full of students with backpacks early on. Interesting note for my SDMS friends -- even though it was 81 degrees already at 6 a.m., all of the girls had on long pants. It must be a dress code thing.
I saw people queued up at the DMV waiting for driver's license services; day laborers were clustered at their meeting place, waiting for today's assignment; many drivers were beeping their horns impatiently as soon as traffic lights turned green. Long lines were at drive-in windows at the numerous fast food places. Busy morning life in a busy city.
I would have loved to take photos of the day laborers, some of the students, and the cars waiting in line, but I am not quite bold enough to ask. I am sure that the people who see me walking around with my camera in places like this think I am either a nutcase or a totally misplaced tourist. Maybe I will create a small card to carry around with me, the way Bill Adkins did for his "Year on Market Street" project, to hand to people that I might approach for a photo, letting them know of my intentions. But not here. I'll do that when I am back on familiar turf.
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Cam's rules for the Daily Photo Walk:
- walk every day
- the walk must be in addition to any other planned activity for the day
- post a photo every day
- use my Nikon P7100 (it is a very convenient size and weight)
- no weather excuses
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