{"id":12901,"date":"2019-02-19T22:12:07","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T22:12:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=12901"},"modified":"2019-02-22T20:56:35","modified_gmt":"2019-02-22T20:56:35","slug":"seed-courier","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=12901","title":{"rendered":"Seed Courier"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got up early, packed away my overnight bag, grabbed my ticket for my free breakfast and headed for the breakfast bar.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12903 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1-1024x670.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1-768x502.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Breakfast-coupon-1.jpg 1208w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After my experience in Springfield, I was a bit leery about what I would find. Would I find <em>anything<\/em>?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-breakfast-buffet-with-food.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12904 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-breakfast-buffet-with-food-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-breakfast-buffet-with-food-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-breakfast-buffet-with-food-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/A-breakfast-buffet-with-food-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I needed have worried. It wasn&#8217;t Breakfast Heaven, but there was food &#8211; and coffee!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12905 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268-1024x789.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268-1024x789.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268-768x592.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/IMG_9268.jpg 1973w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I even grabbed an orange for later.<\/p>\n<p>I made my way through the morning traffic to the Lab&#8217;s offices. After a whirlwind set of instructions, paper signing and such, I was handed the keys to the 2010 Ford Transit and they bid me farewell.<\/p>\n<p>The other woman who was starting on the same day invited me to join her for lunch. We chatted a bit about what to expect. I have to admit, I didn&#8217;t really have a clue, but I was going to give it that old college try.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-the-Ford-Transit.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12906 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-the-Ford-Transit-1024x543.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-the-Ford-Transit-1024x543.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-the-Ford-Transit-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-the-Ford-Transit-768x407.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here I am with the Transit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-shirt-close-up.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12908 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-shirt-close-up.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"770\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-shirt-close-up.jpg 699w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Me-with-shirt-close-up-272x300.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And me, looking cocky in one of the five shirts they gave me to wear while I was working.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12910 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day-1024x706.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day-1024x706.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day-768x529.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Odometer-on-the-first-day.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I got ready to hit the road, I took a photo of the odometer. Holy High Milage, Batman! I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve ever driven a vehicle with so many miles on it. As I drove off, I wondered how many miles it would have on it by the time I returned.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Lewis-and-Clark-Trail-in-Missouri.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12909 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Lewis-and-Clark-Trail-in-Missouri-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Lewis-and-Clark-Trail-in-Missouri-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Lewis-and-Clark-Trail-in-Missouri-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/Lewis-and-Clark-Trail-in-Missouri-768x514.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As I got out into the country, I came across my old friends, Lewis and Clark.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s good to know that I wasn&#8217;t traveling alone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got up early, packed away my overnight bag, grabbed my ticket for my free breakfast and headed for the breakfast bar. After my experience in Springfield, I was a bit leery about what I would find. Would I find anything? I needed have worried. It wasn&#8217;t Breakfast Heaven, but there was food &#8211; and &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/?p=12901\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Seed Courier<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12901"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13210,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12901\/revisions\/13210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.towingsilver.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}