Edison!

At long last, i had a few clear days, and no trains parked on the tracks to get these shots. This first pic. is one of my favorites. I know, i know, i say, "this is one of my favorites" a little too often. I can't help it. Perhaps i should say, this is a fascinating shot for me. This very street here has been travelled many times by me and friends throughout high school and beyond. I have a friend whose parents live a few blocks away from here so, kind of cool for me to see this perspective and to know i know someone not too far away from these tracks. On with the show.



I was a little sad when i took this picture. On this day, there were trains parked on the tracks. Of course, when the lighting is perfect, there are bound to be trains in the way of a shot i want to take. Surprisingly, I had one moment to get a shot, and i took it. There was a flatbed car that allowed me a peak at what was on the other side.
This is a very distant view of my high school! I have been waiting, and waiting, and waiting to get a shot of the ol' place. There were many soccer/football/track/what-have-you going on while trains would chug through the outskirts of our field. So, big deal. We see trains go by all the time. However, aren't we all just a little curious to see our "everday" from a different perspective? How true in all aspects of our life huh? Holy moly, that was a little philosophy too early in the morning...
Onwards with the show. I was able to snag a few more shots on a lucky day when NO cars were on the tracks and the lighting was good.



Here it is folks! Edison High School. The flat building to the left is our athletic building. It is actually across the street from the school. From this view, they look to be on the same grounds. What's cool about these two buildings is that there are tunnels that lead from the school to the athletic building. One for boys, one for girls. :) You could technically go down either one but they lead to the locker rooms, so... choose wisely i guess.
The unfortunate thing about the tunnels, there was construction done on the school during the summer and it rained very hard, flooding the school's basement. The tunnels filled with water and flooded the main gym's floor in the athletic building. It also flooded both gyms located in Edison's basement. The floors warped so high that you could stand on top of the floor and touch the basketball hoops. (this was seen from images in the strib.)
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(bye edison)