I haven't been here since the Flood of 2011 http://www.pbase.com/britestar/2011_flood_of_the_century
when the Missouri River overflowed her banks and destroyed the entire park and parts of the small city of Parkville.

I went tonight to test a new camera.
Meanwhile, I also discovered the park once again live and well on this Summer's Eve.
Although there is still much construction and earth moving left to do, people were everywhere enjoying the warm weather.

The image was shot hand held around 9 pm (after sundown)at an iso of 1600. Straight out of the camera, it seems to be reasonably respectable. Frankly, I once thought I'd never see anywhere near "useable" iso 1600 images from a small sensor camera. At full resolution, this photo has no more noise than what you see here. I used no noise reduction program.