The unspeakable beauty of a city underpass

I wonder how many people know about this little shortcut to go from one side of the freeway to the other? Yesterday there were dozens of swanky tour buses parked here, today they are gone. In winter, the giant piles of road salt are stored on these parking lots.

After a marathon Minecraft session with my little friend, I hauled him off to school, quizzing him about his birthday presents all the way. He loves his red transformer car that we gave him because it turns into a dinosaur with a remote control, but it turns out he is most enamored with a set of hockey sticks and balls his uncle gave him. He is the most athletic four year old I have ever known, with the eye-to-hand coordination of a far older child.