{"id":302,"date":"2014-03-03T21:59:34","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T02:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/?p=302"},"modified":"2023-07-13T20:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T01:45:00","slug":"sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/2014\/03\/03\/sometimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Sometimes&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/majestic-baseball-trail-sign1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-314\" alt=\"majestic baseball trail sign\" src=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/majestic-baseball-trail-sign1-178x300.jpg\" width=\"178\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/majestic-baseball-trail-sign1-178x300.jpg 178w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/majestic-baseball-trail-sign1-610x1024.jpg 610w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/majestic-baseball-trail-sign1.jpg 1179w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 178px) 100vw, 178px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The structure that burned last week was actually one building in a complex which was started in 1893.\u00a0 The original building, which includes the hotel lobby and what I imagine are the original guest rooms, still stands, and this signpost along the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hotspringsbaseballtrail.com\/\">Historic Hot Springs Baseball Trail <\/a>(only about a year old) still stands, too.<\/p>\n<p>I shot this photo on my walk today.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-winter-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-310\" alt=\"park winter 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-winter-2-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-winter-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-winter-2-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-winter-2-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>It is hard to imagine today what the old baseball diamond at Whittington Park must have looked like.\u00a0 The park trail where I am accustomed to walking with the Gaul is an elongated track which seems ill-suited to the circular-shaped ballpark we are used to.<\/p>\n<p>This photo is taken from about fifteen feet off the trail on the right.\u00a0 The trail across the way is about eight feet beyond the left side of that bridge.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-summer-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-304\" alt=\"park summer 1\" src=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-summer-1-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-summer-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-summer-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/cymbalmonkey.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/park-summer-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Here is the opposite path, during warmer days.\u00a0 I always think as I walk this trail during summer of all the people who must have enjoyed the sunshine in Whittington Park,\u00a0in centuries past.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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