{"id":7280,"date":"2010-08-27T11:20:26","date_gmt":"2010-08-27T11:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/27\/odometer\/"},"modified":"2010-08-27T11:20:26","modified_gmt":"2010-08-27T11:20:26","slug":"odometer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2010\/08\/27\/odometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh, Dometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span><p>Last weekend we control-cruised nearly 1,700 miles between Thursday morning and late Sunday night, sojourning into the deep Heartlands to see Ph.&#8217;s season-opening soccer match. And these photos provide some version of things, a lazily composed string of photos.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4911435302\/\" title=\"Alma Mater by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4097\/4911435302_c930d0f499.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Alma Mater\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Park&#8217;s Mackay Hall.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4913067460\/\" title=\"Powell Gardens by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4082\/4913067460_55c014b1a1.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Powell Gardens\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday morning we stopped by Powell Gardens next to UMKC.  D. reminisced about often spending her most head-clearing lunch hours here during her administrative stint in auxiliary services.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4913065822\/\" title=\"Powell Gardens by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4076\/4913065822_f3da4a3c8d.jpg?resize=375%2C500\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\" alt=\"Powell Gardens\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>More Powell Gardens.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4912461379\/\" title=\"UMKC's New Student Center by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4138\/4912461379_4efc570cf0.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"UMKC's New Student Center\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>By accident we stumbled into the grand opening of UMKC&#8217;s new student center&#8211;an incredible facility whose third-floor veranda looks onto the Plaza and Nelson-Atkins. D.&#8217;s former colleagues showed us around: 300-seat movie theater, conference ballroom, 30+ impressive work stations for student organizations, restaurants, etc.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4911126309\/\" title=\"Lies, Lies, Lies by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4121\/4911126309_c29ff163a8.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Lies, Lies, Lies\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday late afternoon Is. fell asleep in the car. To extend her nap, we re-routed and stopped by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ustoy.com\/\">US Toy<\/a> where D. loaded up on classroom stuff.  After Is. woke up, she and I entered the store, passing time in the puppets aisle and with her trying on Halloween costumes, one of which we eventually settled on.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4931067294\/\" title=\"Zarda BBQball by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4123\/4931067294_1182e35210.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Zarda BBQball\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a basketball court in Blue Springs directly behind the Zarda BBQ on MO 7 Highway.  Why relevant?  I played here <em>a lot<\/em> in the summer of 1993. Nice to see kids shooting around, as if some from those days never left.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4930476953\/\" title=\"Blue Springs by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4100\/4930476953_cc55b27d18.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Blue Springs\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Railroad Park. Nice enough, although I was thinking on our stroll that perhaps it should be renamed Goose Shit Park.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ewidem\/4930477225\/\" title=\"Julian Field by Derek Mueller, on Flickr\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4137\/4930477225_c51b03aaa4.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"Julian Field\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the men&#8217;s soccer match between Park and U. of Sioux Falls.  USF netted a pair of corner-sent headers in the first half.  Park answered with a goal early in the second half before eventually losing, 3-1. Great to catch a match and see many friends and former colleagues, even if the result was a loss and the post-game mood was somewhat somber.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">mins<\/span><\/span>Last weekend we control-cruised nearly 1,700 miles between Thursday morning and late Sunday night, sojourning into the deep Heartlands to see Ph.&#8217;s season-opening soccer match. And these photos provide some version of things, a lazily composed string of photos. Park&#8217;s Mackay Hall. Friday morning we stopped by Powell Gardens next to UMKC. 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