We had a big day today, and it started out with our first visit to the East Forsyth High School, the newest high school in Georgia. It's less than three miles from our place, and the new home of the Broncos.
Today's opening started with a ribbon cutting ceremony, and then there were tours and just a whole lot of exploration from there. It was Maddie's first time walking through this school that we've watched slowly get built over the past few years, wondering if it would be done in time. The answer is yes, although there are a few bits of furniture missing here or there. Other than that, it's a huge and spectacular place, one Maddie was quite impressed with. She went on ahead a few times and other times found us again and was showing us around from here or there. She's excited and nervous, but there were a lot of positive feelings about it today. Nana came along, as did Uncle George and Brandon, and Mom of course. We were there for the cutting of the ribbon, and then the National Anthem, along the the flag raising for the day done by VFW volunteers. I took a ton of pictures, as it really was a historic occasion. Maddie is part of the first generation of students to start out in ninth grade and go through all four years at this school, and so it's a big deal. And it really is a nice school. We visited the theater, and then saw the culinary area, and the art rooms as well, finding the gymnasium, the cafeteria, the AV area, the science labs, the library, and all the classrooms and courtyards, and the tennis courts and so on. It was vast, and just a huge place to explore. For some reason, it hit me today that the colors of the school are designed to match the Denver Broncos colors, so we could in fact buy Denver Broncos merchandise, so long as it doesn't have "Denver" on it anywhere, and that would be good enough for spirit day. Another realization today: the high school stadium is called "Half-Mile Stadium," in reference to the Denver stadium. Someone important involved in this project must be from Colorado! Anyway, what you'll see below is a series of pictures from today's events and the following tour. There are pictures of all of us, and even a picture of Maddie with her kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Garret. It was a nice morning at the school, a place we spent a lot longer at, looking around!
We got home after that, and everyone was hungry, so I grilled some hot dogs and burgers outside while Mom did the rest of the preparing inside. We had a nice lunch there, one cooked on the deck with all the trimmings. But we were thinking of doing something else immediately after this, and the idea came to go back to the Southeastern Railway Museum in Duluth, so back we went, as you can see from the pictures below. Much of it was closed off this time, probably due to the pandemic, so we couldn't hop on board nearly as many trains as we did last time. But this time we did ride a "railway speeder," which are one of those mini-trains that goes along ahead of the trains on the tracks to inspect the tracks themselves. We signed a waiver and got on board, but we weren't exactly rocketing down any tracks: our max speed was about ten miles an hour. It was still a unique experience. Also unique was back on board Warren G. Harding's Presidential train again. I have that ornament of the train at the house, so it was interesting being back on board once more. The weather brought rain, but we were under cover for most of it, and it was still a fun trip. You'll see pictures of that below!
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