Summer 2013: Kansas City

What a wonderful day! It started out a little rainy but by early afternoon it was clear and beautiful. We started out with seeing Harry Truman's Presidential Library and Museum, and his home which was not far away.
They had two movies. One showing his childhood and upbringing and the other showing his military service, political career and his Presidency. He is known for having a Presidency requiring probably the toughest decisions of any modern day President. It is always interesting to see how the oval office is decorated for the various Presidents. They sell plaques that say "The Buck Stops Here" for $60 but didn't get one.

Our next stop was the Boulevard Brewing Company. It is one of the largest craft beer breweries in the United States and got its name from being located on Boulevard Street. We took the tour and learned how the process works and, of course, we went to the tasting room at the end of the tour. They gave each person 4 bottle caps to use in the tasting room. Since I don't drink beer, Van got to use mine. He didn't buy any beer but got a beer glass from there to add to his collection. One of the original employees has an old Volvo station wagon with a surf board on top like you would see in the 60's.

Michial (our son in law) had recommended that we go to a barbeque restaurant called BB's Lawnside Barbeque. What a place! It was a hole in the wall joint with great barbeque but more than that, a fantastic blues group. They were Trampled Under Foot. It's 2 brothers and a sister and wow, can she sing. I would encourage any of you who love blues to pull her up and listen to them. One brother is the drummer and the other brother and sister both play the guitar left handed. They have a new CD coming out in July called Badlands and the Baldlands tour has stops scheduled all over the US, Canada and Norway. They are as good as we have ever heard. Whenever they are in town, they always play at this place on Tuesdays because that is where they started out.