This is Fireman's Field. It's on the main drag and people usually pass it a couple of times a day without a second thought. This is where my Grandpa taught me how to hit a softball and where I played most of my rec soccer games, some of my best memories as a kid.
These are the old pull-up bars at my elementary school. God, I hated these things. I have no upper body strength and loathed the day that Mr. Henshaw (Yes, that was his name) lined us up to do pull-ups. Still, they're old and awesome...and my mom was forced to do pull-ups on these too.
The TRAIN!!!! This is where I had recess during kindergarten. The girls and the guys would fight each other, but my best friend (who was a guy) and I would sit on the railing of the purple car and watch everyone fight. Good times.
Here's the whole train, just to show everyone how cool this thing was. The yellow car had a table in it that we used to dance on (we were 5, so it was cute) and the green car was the perfect place to wait and scare people. We were ruthless to each other.
Here's my playground at my elementary school. This picture is from the little 3' x 3' tree house I hung out everyday in with my friends, lovingly called The Clubhouse. I think your elementary school playground remains a treasure to you forever.
The swings were my favorite part. The swings and the playground were the same as when my mom went to the same school, so this place is a treasure to a lot of people. The swings, though, are the biggest treasure. We used to fight each other for spots and compete to see who could jump the farthest. Here's me nostalgizing in my favorite place from my childhood.
This is the little luncheonette, the old kind that's rare to find, in my town. If you want a good chicken cheesesteak or omelette, this is the place to go.
This place reminds me of cheerleading practice! This is the playground at the rec center and after practice, we used to run around and play games. I thought it was the coolest playground when I was a kid.
And THIS is where my love for Young Adult Fiction started. Here's the teen room at my local library where I discovered YA!
This is probably the little most known treasure that I took a picture of. It's the pond behind the library where there's a little waterfall. The pond is full of fish and it's fun to feed them crumbs. They come right up to the water's edge!
This is the path that leads to the pond. This area was created to memorialize the victims of the 9/11 attacks in our town. It's a beautiful spot, and one that not enough people in my town know about.
So those are the treasures in my town! Your town doesn't have to be interesting to have treasures, because really, it's the memories that count. :)
