3rd St. Pool & Jr. High

Whew! It's been a rockin' last few days here with not much time to write. The same day Shannon and I went to the Golf Course, we also stopped by 3rd st. area and the old Jr.High on Main Camp. The guy we were with left Saudi in the late 70s and a lot of the buildings were just desert when he left, so it's no wonder why buildings are looking "tired" to me. They were fairly new when I was there in the 80s.

3rd st pool is layed out just the same, only the high dive is gone and there is a big tent thing over the bigger area of the pool. There were a lot of Saudi women in the pool area, so I did not take photos. The snack bar's tables on the outside patio are gone, but other than that, the outside looks the same. The inside is different... mainly where the food serving area is. The seating area is the same. There was no country music playing on the radio in there :-)

Rec room is the same, although closed at the time I was there. It's still a Rec room. I remember playing PacMan in there, doing dance contests, watching Friday the 13th in there, and the "make out room". Lol. I was not in there much, put it that way. :-)

The gate to the complex is new and nice. Seems that they are a little more serious about security there now.

The school. Wow! What a walk down memory lane. They have put tile flooring in throughout. In fact, Aramco made the first floor of ALL housing tile as opposed to carpet. It's a lot more colorful in the school. Blue lockers. The gyms look the same. Nice grey and red brick walkways and those sun-tents have been added. It looks nice.

Biggest change is that there is a huge wall around the entire school and only security gates one has to go through to gain access. Security is not too tight; we just showed our temporary badges and we were allowed in.