Kansas City Weekend

Dale and I headed south on Friday to visit his son in Kansas City. It was great to spend time with Eric and of course, we found some fun in the big city too. Barbeque is very important to the people of Kansas City. Dale and I usually choose Gates but another famous barbeque joint in KC is Arthur Bryant's. We are always open to a new experience so we headed to the humble home of Arthur Bryant's.

The walls are covered with photos of famous faces who have enjoyed one of the best of KC Barbeque. A huge pile of meat was dumped on sliced of Wonder white bread, which helps absorb enough sauce to keep the paper from being completely saturated. Two fists full of fries and a handful of pickle slices are added to the pile and all of it is wrapped together in two separate layers of butcher paper then taped closed. The experience added to the wonderful flavor. There is plenty to share!!



I love major league ball parks and although I had been to Kauffman Stadium with Ashley about ten years ago, I was excited to go again. It was a gorgeous night at the ball park. The fountains in the outfield and the gigantic video scoreboard are great assets for the Royals. We laughed, talked, took lots of photos and enjoyed the game even though the home team lost. There were great post game fireworks to round off the fun evening. The only down side was that we were too full from the barbeque and had no room for a ball park hot dog!

I had heard great things about the Kansas City Renaissance Festival and I was not disappointed. On Saturday morning, Eric, Dale and I headed west to Kansas and a day at the festival. We saw great entertainment, a joust and many interesting characters. We also took plenty of photographs and ate Scotch eggs before the increasing rain sent us to the car and back to Missouri. It was a wonderful weekend.