Photos from trip to Madison

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Madison Trip Photos

Grrr.  I did this post once before.  Got it all done.  Pressed post.  And got an internal server error and lost the whole damn thing.  Grrr.

Here are some photos from my recent trip to Madison for training at Epic.  The campus is HUGE.  And they are still building.  One of the new buildings will be an auditorium that seats 15,000!   Their current auditorium seats only 1,500.  

The training was in Voyager Hall, their training center.   It's just one (big) building in a very large campus.  They have walking tours, but I was not able to take advantage this time around for several reasons.  I'm going back in June and July and hope to take one then.  

The training center has many training rooms--each with a theme.   My room was Raiders of the Lost Arc.   There are pieces of artwork all throughout the buildings.  I'm told employees are given an allowance to go out and purchase any artwork they want to put in the campus.  

I know no one but me likely cares, but these photos are not very good.  I didn't want to lug my big camera on the trip, so I only had my small point-and-shoot camera.   I'm going to stay a few extra days in July in St. Paul to visit a cousin, so perhaps I'll bring my big camera then (or even bring it in June.)   It's an issue of how much I'm willing to lug through airports.  This time I already had way too much and just about killed myself with the weight of it all.






above:   My training room, Raiders of the Lost Arc.   This wall had a big map mural from the movie.   The opposite wall had floor-to-ceiling windows with a panoramic view of the countryside.  




above:   one of the walls of the training room was used to project a double-screen image of the training materials.




above:  The outside of the Indiana Jones training rooms.  The other room was called Temple of Doom.










above:   A very blurry photo of the Indiana Jones banner for our training room.




above:  A nearby classroom.  I believe this one was The Greatest Show on Earth.




above:   The hallway leading to my training room.  This was one side of the building.




above:   random artwork in hallway.




above:  Mir Cafe.  The training center lunchroom where breakfast and lunch is provided for "free" (unless you count the huge training cost.)   Everywhere we went in Madison people would comment on how great the food was at Epic.  It was good.  And very plentiful.  Our trainer commented on the "Epic 15" cautioning about having to watch out for gaining 15 lbs due to the availability of food.  

Each building at Epic had a space or movie-theme.   The training center is Voyager Hall.  Many of it's classrooms are named after space craft.  




above:  The entry hallway of Voyager Hall.  Mir Cafe is just to the left.




above:  Sitting area in Mir Cafe.




Above:  Frog statues in Voyager Hall entryway.







above:  same statue.  The windows in the background are Mir Cafe.




above:   The floor-to-ceiling windows in Mir Cafe.  Looking out over the lovely countryside.




Above:  Mir Cafe.




Above:  Random artwork in Mir Cafe.




above:  random artwork in hallway.




above:   Seating area in Mir Cafe.




Above:  Seating area in upper level of Mir Cafe.




Above:  Random artwork in Mir Cafe.




Above:  Posters from UGM (Epic's annual User Group Meetings) lining a wall on the upper level of Mir Cafe.   Each poster has a space or movie theme.




above:   Exterior of Voyager Hall training center.  (this photo is clickable for larger image).




above:  You can see some of the other campus buildings in the distance. 
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Above:  Front entrance to Voyager Hall training center.
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above:  Voyager Hall training center




above:   Random photo of stairwell in Voyager Hall.




Above:  Random artwork in Mir Cafe.




above:  Artwork in Mire Cafe.

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