Need to slow down a little and catch our breath. We have been pushing pretty hard on the tours and putting a lot of miles behind us. So, as some of the multitude of our readers might have noticed (you two know who you are), we did not blog last night. We were dead tired and went to bed early.
I will now try to catch you up our adventures!
When last reported we were in KC (that's what the locals call Kansas City...) and had attempted to visit the National World War I Museum as we arrived. RockFest 2010 was in our way. Here is a picture of the aftermath of that festival.
On the upper right is a large brown spot. That was where the bands were playing. On the left where it looks like a plowed field is where some of the 55,000 lucky fans got to park. It was like a mud pit between the strips of grass. I wonder how many people needed to have their cars towed out of there. By the way, that photo was taken from the top of this...
The Liberty Memorial Towers soars 217 feet above the main courtyard.
It was built between 1923 and 1926.
It was reopened after restoration in 2002.
This is the Memory Gallery. It faces East towards the battlefields of Europe.
This is the Future Gallery. It faces west away from war and toward peace.
There is an elevator in the tower that takes you almost to the top. You have to climb the last forty stairs. When you get to the top, there are spectacular 360 degree views awaiting you. Unfortunately, all we got was mist and low visibility. I took some pictures anyway and this is what you, our dear readers are stuck with.
This is some of downtown KC.
If you ever have a chance to visit KC make sure you leave yourselves at least five to six hours (tickets are good for two consecutive days admission) to view this astonishing museum dedicated strictly to WWI from beginning to end. We only allowed ourselves about four hours...not enough time! "Why not?", you may ask.
Well, because we were hungry and we wanted to go to...
This is written up as one of the best, if not the best BBQ joint in KC.
We came to get some of this...
Riiiiibs. These were rib ends. Very tasty. We'll have to try about ten more
places before we decide who has the best BBQ!
From the way the place was crowded, I think most people have already made up their minds! This was about 2:30 in the afternoon. Most days at noon the line goes out the door. Just about as many people got take-out as stayed to eat. Great people watching place.
After lunch we hurried to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. A free museum with an extremely impressive display of art, sculpture, glass, etc. Stayed there until they literally started turning the lights off on us. Took us a while to get the hint. We thought it was just one of those automated energy saving things, ha ha!
We also did some driving around KC to look at some of the neighborhoods. This is the way Karen describes the areas we saw. If you took Laurelhurst, Eastmoreland, Dunthrope, and a little Alameda; mixed in Lents and a lot of North Portland; shook them around; tossed them on the ground, that's what Kansas City residential areas look like. Also have never seen so many large building such as schools and apartments all boarded up or fenced off.
Tonight we are in Jefferson City, capitol of Missouri. I will try to get caught up tomorrow night. Tomorrow it's a Capitol tour, the Governor's mansion, and the River Landing.
Til we meet again, I remain your "in search of ribs" correspondent.
1 comment:
Yes, I missed you. Yum, wish I was there eating some of those ribs.
XXXOOO Jean
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