Travel: The Memorial

National World War One Museum

"In honor of those who served in the World War in defense of Liberty and our country."

Travel: Kansas City Art

Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

Kansas City

They're stuck in the middle of America. The river isn't much to look at, the cityscape is pretty average at best and it's mostly flat with a few rolling hills here and there. The fine, hard working citizens of Kansas City need something to look at. I guess the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art sort of provides that something.  

Travel: Royals

Kauffman Stadium

No one goes to Kansas City just to go to Kansas City. They go for a reason. We went for baseball. That was really the only reason. We enjoyed many other aspects of the city they dub the Paris of the Plains, but we wouldn't have ventured 3 hours south of Des Moines had it not been for baseball. The specific baseball I am referring to is the professional baseball club the Kansas City Royals. What was once a proud and somewhat successful franchise, the Royals are now simply a franchise that has the unique distinction of being the only major league team in Missouri that also happens to be in the American League. Pretty cool right? If they aren't famous for that, which they really aren't, I guess they are also famous for being pretty bad at playing the game of baseball even though that is the one thing they are striving to do. They've been pretty bad for quite a while now. Not Pittsburgh Pirates bad, but still pretty bad. Suffice it to say, I can't imagine that many people willingly choose to make a road trip to see a Kansas City Royals game. Sure, Royals fans may put in the effort to make a quest like this, but it's still the Royals, so I doubt it. In the end, even though the team is a stinker, the stadium is quite nice. A worthwhile venue to partake in an afternoons ballgame.