Build up to Beloit

Trying to do a little housekeeping work this morning before I leave around noon to drive west toward Beloit. I want to get there by 5 p.m. so I have plenty of time to relax and be ready for the game.

I just looked at Shawnee Mission North's stadium on Google Maps, and I noticed something interesting: like Smith Center's Hubbard Stadium, it does not run true north-south or east-west. The SMN stadium runs northeast to southwest. Hubbard is askew a little bit from northwest to southeast.

One time when I was trying to kill some time before a game, I tried figuring which stadiums were oriented in which directions. Two stadiums I have covered games at in Kansas, Ellis and Russell, are backwards, since the press box at both places faces into the sun. The idea is if you build a stadium with the field running north-south, the press box should be on the west side, since the sun would set behind it. All of the college stadiums in the state I have been to--Kansas, Kansas State, Fort Hays, Pittsburg State, Emporia State and Wichita State--are oriented this way, and I would think Washburn would be the same way, too.

So much for housekeeping work. I fell asleep and woke up only a few minutes ago. I realized the time and then hurriedly showered and dressed. I'm going to pack my computer and possibly drive back to Russell to pick up a coat before going to Beloit. I would just go up US 281 to Osborne and then over on US 24. Not that hard.