Kansas City was a fun adventure. There are several modern, artistic buildings (our favorite was the Performing Arts Center). KC is famous for its fountains and we enjoyed them sprinkled throughout the city.
We stayed in the Westport area which is a fun, artsy area of KC. We came upon a great mural created by the Art Director of the KC Children’s Hospital. Can you find Griffin and Beck?
We started our day on Saturday with a two hour fitness expedition. We headed out from the hotel on a walk/jog. We came upon the Country Club Plaza area and an awesome outdoor park. The park had a paved loop and cross training exercise equipment in stations along the loop.
After breakfast and showers we returned to the Country Club Plaza area to do a little shopping and eat. The heat index was close to 100 but still tolerable. Before leaving Knoxville we created “bags of blessing” that we wanted to intentionally pass out along this trip. Inside the bags we placed water, snacks and personal hygiene items. We gave away our first “bag” to a gentleman we came upon at the Plaza. It was great to see his face light up and watch him dig into his peanuts. We have so much and others have so little. LIVE HOZHO and share!
We also visited the Nelson Atkins Art Museum. It is a massive museum with many floors and numerous exhibits. As we read about and studied the artifacts and masterpieces we reflected on the civilizations, artists & themes they portrayed.
Beck read about and practiced the proper meditation stance.
In addition to the extensive inside galleries there is an outside sculpture garden. Here we are with some of our new friends.
We are also finding time to relax and just be together. It is neat to watch this quality time between brothers turn into a mellow “jam” session.
Our spirit of adventure and mindset of openness is serving us well. We are adjusting to sleeping and getting ready in much less square footage than we are used to and that is good for us! We all take the spaces we call “home” for granted. We are looking forward to wide open spaces and what awaits us in the Great Plains of our country! Here we come, South Dakota!