WHERE MY DADS OFFICE DESK WAS

WHERE MY DADS OFFICE DESK WAS

BACK ON OCTOBER 17, 2009, I WENT TO A FRIENDS BIRTHDAY DINNER, UP IN WEST SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA. WELL, ON THE WAY HOME, I DECIDED TO TAKE THE LEISURE TOWN ROAD EXIT AND CUT AROUND ALL THE TRAFFIC, IN ORDER TO GET BACK TO MY HOUSE. WHEN I SAW HOW MUCH THIS AREA HAS CHANGED, I ABOUT FELL OVER. I HADN’T BEEN OUT TO THIS AREA FOR QUITE SOME TIME. I TOOK THIS SHOT OF THE NEW 76 GAS STATION AND MCDONALD’S RESTARAUNT WITH THE INTENSION OF MARKING JUST “WHERE MY DAD’S OFFICE DESK WAS”, AS WELL AS THE LUBE BAYS AND THE GAS PUMP ISLANDS. THEY TORE DOWN MY DAD’S SERVICE STATION AND BUILT WHAT YOU SEE HERE. ONE OF MY DAD’S OLD GAS PUMP ISLANDS WOULD HAVE BEEN IN WHAT IS NOW THE NEW LEISURE TOWN ROAD. EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED OUT THERE. I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN MORE PHOTOS OF IT, YEARS AGO, WHEN I WORKED OUT THERE. I HAVE ONE SHOT OF THE FRONT OF THE OLD MOBIL STATION, THAT I TOOK AT NIGHT. I SPENT ABOUT 13 YEARS OF MY YOUTH WORKING FOR MY DAD IN HIS STATION. I HATED IT THEN, BUT I’D GIVE ANYTHING TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE TWO LUBE BAYS WITH HYDRAULIC LIFTS BUILT INTO THE FLOORS AND HOOKED UP TO A COMPRESSOR. THAT WOULD AT LEAST KEEP ME FROM HAVING TO GET DOWN ON THE GROUND ON MY BACK AND WORK ON MY FORD. I ALWAYS DID BETTER WORK WHEN I COULD STAND UP UNDER A CAR INSTEAD OF LAYING ON A CREEPER OR THE COLD CONCRETE.

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