Blogs from Kansas City, Missouri, United States, North America - page 2

Geo: 39.103, -94.583We are in Kansas City, Missouri. Got to our hotel last night around 11 pm, pooped and ready to drop.Happily the hotel's shuttle driver was at the airport to pick us up right away and the Holiday Inn was maybe 5 minutes from the airport. When we checked in, Sydney, the young night clerk was making origami cats for all the drunk dart players hanging out in the lobby. Apparently there was a big state dart tournament today.Sydney listens to our tale of woe and when I ask, she very nicely offers us a 1 pm checkout and free breakfast. Yippee! Our flight from Kansas City to Albuquerque isn't until 4 pm, so that 1'o'clock checkout is great.Pokey and Gumby are always up for an adventure and here they are hanging out in our ... read more

Blog travelers, the Road Avenger has finally turned south! Yesterday was the longest traveling day of this entire trip. Jess and I calculated that today's and tomorrow's driving time combined totals yesterday's driving time. Our foot was on the pedal for a total of 13ish hours. Today's pace was much more relaxed. We rose at an acceptable hour and was on the road at 10am (just a reminder, we are still in SD at this point). We crossed the boarder of our 9th state, Iowa, to pay a visit to WinnaVegas. Casino #2!! A little gem surrounded by miles of corn and little else....ok nothing else. Had a photo opp with "ain't nothing but a hound prairie dog" played the reels and were on our way! Next stop is a little known metal sculpture affectionally called ... read more

This weekend we stopped by Powell Gardens in Kingsville, MO.... read more

Liz writing: Hello faithful followers. If you are getting this email notice, then bravo for keeping your preferences for over two years! A lot has happened since arriving in Missouri, and Mark and I are going to start chronicling the more mundane aspects of our now domestic life. In May we married with many of our family and friends to help celebrate. In June, on our way back from our fabulous Hawaii honeymoon, I convinced Mark that it was FINALLY time to get a dog. Mark relented with the stipulation that we needed to have a back yard. That may have been a stall tactic, but much to his surprise, I used that against him. Our lease was up in August and thought, well maybe we should begin looking for a house. Within a month with ... read more

As Saturday morning arrived we still had not decided on anything that we wanted to do. We talked about Watkins Mill but the weather was still pretty chilly and I am already fighting a head cold. In the end I just grabbed my camera bag and we went to just drive through Kansas City to see if we could find anything interesting. The first place we came across was the Just Off Broadway Theatre on at 3501 Central Street. They had done some redesigning since we had last been there which made the main building look better, but ruined the feel of the “castle” ruins that had bordered the place for years. I took pictures as long as I could as it only took a few minutes for my fingers to start becoming numb. An all ... read more