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Roll Arena: 2

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I am guessing that Patio 2 (and its counterpart, Patio 1) probably serve as smoking sections when the place is open.  It’s sort of hard to imagine now, but back when I went there as a kid, the smokers got to stay inside, letting us skaters get doses of second-hand smoke as we wheeled by.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013

Roll Arena: 1

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When I was a kid, this was THE place to roller skate. I can still remember the smell of dust and feet, the sounds of wheels rolling over the wooden floor, the way I’d get a blister on my right foot from never varying the counter-clockwise circle.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013

The only light there was

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This back of this closed-down gas station in the industrial part of town absorbed all the light that day.

On a side note, there’s a lot more traffic in that part of town than I expected. And, judging from the stares I got from truck drivers, not many photographers show up over there. I don’t know why: it’s only a few blocks from where I found this place a few months ago.

Lubbock, Texas
photographed 3.29.2013

Life: ten birds

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Life. Water flowing over the dam. A philosophical graffiti artist? Or an opportunistic one?

At any rate, those ten birds are keeping an eye on the place.

Canyon Lakes
Lubbock, Texas

photographed 3.29.2013

The deep end of the pool

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The enlisted men’s pool was what it was called when I went there in high school with my friend Sara, whose dad was one of those enlisted men.

Reese Center
formerly Reese Air Force Base
near Lubbock, Texas

photographed 3.16.2013