{"id":11041,"date":"2026-03-09T22:51:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:51:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=11041"},"modified":"2026-03-09T22:51:04","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T22:51:04","slug":"visiting-the-usc-campus-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/?p=11041","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the USC Campus, Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Friday morning Meg &amp; I drove down to meet Boo at Mallory&#8217;s apartment, so she could take us on a tour of the USC Campus.  What a great day we had.  She was an absolutely fantastic tour guide.  I got this picture at the first USC we saw.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5098-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>She took us first to the side of campus where she has most of her classes, then to one of her favorite coffee shops in town for scones and chai tea (others did, in fact, have coffee), and then to the legendary Horseshoe &#8211; the oldest part of campus.  She knew I wanted to see the Desegregation Statue, and it did not disappoint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5113-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-690x920.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-980x1307.jpg 980w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5114-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In her archaeology class this semester, Mallory is working with some of the artifacts that were found when they excavated the site of the kitchen building that went with the original President&#8217;s house.  She is really enjoying that &#8211; I love hearing about all the treasures they found.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-690x518.jpg 690w, https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/IMG_5128-980x735.jpg 980w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Friday morning Meg &amp; I drove down to meet Boo at Mallory&#8217;s apartment, so she could take us on a tour of the USC Campus. What a great day we had. She was an absolutely fantastic tour guide. I got this picture at the first USC we saw. She took us first to the side [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11041"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11043,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11041\/revisions\/11043"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bigmamasdaycamp.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}