Campus Grounds

Coming up to the Entrance

 Yesterday I went on campus and walked around to get a better idea of the land and layout. It really is big..being a city girl an acre is massive to me let alone 160. The location is outside of the city of Edmond. The streets are in a grid pattern so N Bryant starts downtown just a half mile from the Best Western. As you drive out you can see it becoming more country yet there are a lot of housing developments along the way and right opposite the land on all sides.  You can see the Auditorium about half a mile before you get to the entrance. There is still some work going on near the main entrance as that area is not landscaped yet.

As I went around the campus there were many volunteers, students and staff busy working on the landscaping. It looks beautiful and green now which is a feat itself considering it's the height of Summer. I was told that the grounds are watered by a well. 
 

Administration building, the Auditorium was behind me.

I stopped and chatted with Mr Leap, who is helping with landscaping, Mr Hanson (Local Elder from Canada) and Mr and Mrs Winn.

The first building that was erected on the land was the Field House which was pretty much the main building for activities. The gym was as a gym and for services. Now that the Auditorium is finished they won't have to reconfigure the gym so often. It will still be getting a lot of use as the cafeteria is located there.

After lunch the staff were preparing food for the weekend. That's a lot of cutting up for over 800 people.

Mr Coats dicing cheese

In the hallway of the Field House is a plaque and tribute to Mrs Barbara Flurry.

Outside the Fieldhouse is the Prayer Rock that Mr Armstrong used to use in the early days.

There are lots more pictures of the campus in the album. Take a look at the pond, housing, swimming pool etc.  I asked if there was a map of campus so we could see the layout of all the buildings, I thought I had seen one in a publication but maybe not.

Cycling is the best mode of transportation

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