Thursday, February 4, 2010

"If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know." Louis

Yesterday was so busy that we never had time to post. We spent the morning in the Country Club Plaza checking out the architecture and fountains. The architecture is Spanish in style with a lot of tile work and a beautiful baroque tower. It was very quiet on the streets. We walked back to the hotel through the Mill Creek Park. We picked up the car and drove to the Nelson Atkins Museum of Art. We took a docent tour that highlighted specific pieces in the entire collection. I was surprised that they owned a Caravaggio, St John the Baptist in the Wilderness. From the Museum we drove out to BB Lawnside's Barbeque. We had read it had great BBQ as well as good blues. When we arrived there was some question about the wiseness of our choice. So we went in to see if we could survive a night there. We had a beer and a pull pork sandwich. The sandwich was not good and the band that night was not going to be a blues band. But the place was a hoot. And we would have been completely safe had we decided to return.

Instead of BB's we ate at the Capital Grill and then went to Jardines for some jazz, which was very good.



Today we were on the road for 10 hours stopping only for a quick lunch and gas. Kansas is beautiful from rolling hills to The Great Plains area which was great indeed. We had a bit of rain mixed with snow. But the roads were clear and Stephen King continues to entertain us.
Kansas as far as the eye can see.

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