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Here is a photo of an old factory located in South Dos Palos, California.  I was driving out to Oro Loma and grabbed my camera as I was driving by and snapped this photo.  I took this photo with my Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT and my Canon 28-135mm lens. 

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Semper Fidelis,

Manuel Perez

Last November, a fire erupted from within the Dos Palos High School burning down the Auto Shop, the Future Farmers of America classrooms, along with the Wood shop.  Because of the asbestos in the room and the smoke, they also declared the Cisco Network Lab unusable.  They destroyed everything. 

They are working to rebuild the classrooms but not fast enough.  So the school has decided to build or actually bring in pre-fabricated classrooms in another designated area where the classes can continue until the final phase of construction process is complete.  Below you will see a photo of the crane dropping in some of the buildings. 

I plan to keep you posted on the different phases of the construction process but we will see how long it takes to get these classrooms ready.  I know they will not be ready by the time school starts. 

Thanks for reading!

Semper Fidelis!

Manuel Perez

This is a photo of an alley from the city of Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.  This photo is back from 2004 when my family went down to visit the beautiful area.  This alley is very tiny though.  I am not sure how many cars can fit through here but it is some amazing work that the city has to view.  When we visited they were working on rebuilding the streets using stone by stone to give it that old fashioned look and feel. 

I plan on going back someday soon.  Just not sure!

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Sincerely,

Manuel Perez

I have been pretty busy and haven’t had a chance to post on the blog.  Things have been crazy.  I tried applying for a job closer to home but didn’t have much luck with that!  I will have to keep trying.  I have a couple of things that are on my plate at the moment.  I had a wedding Saturday that I did and plan to upload some photos from that just as soon as I can.  Last week I went on a field trip with my daughter’s class to Columbia in California.  It was a nice place and a lot of history.  I heard the teachers say how glad they were the weather was cooler than it usually is because it could have gotten hot. 

Here is a photo of the old school house at the top of the hill.  I threw it in Photoshop to add some effects to it.  I had this other shot in mind but there were some people in the way and the rest of our group was leaving me behind. 

That all for today.  Thanks for reading.

Manuel Perez

With the weather looking better here in California, I am thinking about taking some road trips but not sure how its going to fit into my schedule.  I know we really need to take the family to the snow up in Yosemite and to the beach to go see Monterey and Pismo. 

This photo is from when we went to visit San Francisco a while back.  It was nice to get away from the valley and get some fresh air in those lungs.  I cant wait to get out again. 

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Manuel Perez

This is a photo that my good friend Johnny Grays took while visiting Pompeii, Italy just this weekend.  

Strange thing happened at work today!  The Dos Palos High School caught on fire.  Not sure what is the cause yet but it is still being put out right now as I type.  I was in the office and my boss ran out the back door and we noticed the students were all out there evacuating.  We noticed the big smoke cloud and saw that the smoke was actually blowing across the field where the students were.  Finally the students moved over to the other side of the school to avoid the smoke.  The firefighters showed up and began putting out the fire.  I am not sure if anyone got hurt yet but I will keep you posted.

This is a photo of a set of buildings.  I took this shot while I was in Guanajuato, Guanajuato, Mexico.  We had just finished seeing a lot of the city and were getting ready to call it a day.  I took this photo with my Minolta Dimage 5.

This is a photo of an old abandoned factory that is just outside of New Idria.  If you have not seen this place it is something to see at least once in your lifetime.  I had been there once when I was a kid and I had mentioned it to my wife and we drove up to see it.  I guess the place has been abandoned for some time now.  It used to be used for some old mining purposes.