Friday, April 13, 2012

Days 91 - 93 ~ Wide Open Spaces Tour 2012 ~ Kansas & MO

good-bye CO ~ hello KS & MO

And that leaves 11 states for the next trip

Last view of the mountains

Denver Airport

Another sleepy cold puppy all ready for drive day

Won't miss the trains when we get home ~ every RV site has had a train, airport or highway closest enough to effect our sleep

Wide open spaces . . .

And prisons

"leaving Colorful Colorado"


BUGS !

Oil !  ~  overnight stay in Russell Kansas near Oil Museum


Dan and Snickers checking out the working oil pump

Candice:  We were in Ellsworth Kansas!!!  Sorry for all the bugs on the window pictures  (Rascal Flatts song)

Beautiful GREEEN

The only thing we could think of to see in Kansas




I love this saying !


The witch is dead

Hello Kitty ~ this pictures is for Tabi


It's OFFICIAL

Love the shoes








Talcum powder to make the Tinman's hat smoke when he was dancing  :)

Judy Garland was only 16 when the movie was filmed


The flying monkeys still scare me

Look Amanda

Poppies




Heading home

Who knew Kansas City was in TWO States

" Play ball "

Cool picture of city under sign ~ we were heading back to site see

money money money - The Kansas City Federal Reserve


Large display of the money used during each President's tenure

close up of last 3


Who remembers learning about M1 and M2 in eco class !  Funny to read it and have the profs voice in my head.  Some college profs you never forget.





REAL money !!!

STAY in college !  or go on for MASTER's Degree !

new building built after 911


Across the street was a beautiful view of downtown and World War I memorial that was being renovating
lion eagles wings and helmet?


View from the top of tower


Didn't know what this was but it sure was one massive chunk of concrete

What it will look like at night after the renovation





9 million poppies under the glass floor. One for each WWI casualty


Boy, those are some big guns...



1st few planes used in WWI

That's a long word !!!

1917 Model T

poppies

One of the original tanks

A 1917 Harley - Davidson, not very comfortable looking

Built by Turner Const.- Special Projects Div. (that I used to work for)

18th & Vine Historical District

Had to stop @ Arthur Bryants for some famous BBQ

Not in the ZONE

This was a first;  . . . a pool in a lake

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