History and Culture and ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!! Oh My!

Whew!

My apologies for not blogging sooner, but I was HAVING SOME FUN!!! I went on a road trip this past weekend with Shonda and Jeff. We made our way up North to Belton, MO - which is right outside of Kansas City. The trip was r-e-a-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-l-y long. It even seemed longer than my trip here to Arkansas! 

I got me some history while I was there. We  visited the World War 1 National Museum. Here is the link: World War 1 National Museum

It has a 217 foot tower located on top of the museum, which you get to take a really cool elevator almost to the top, then about 2 flights of stairs and you are up top. It was awesome.

I saw this and wondered if this dude Darwin mentioned us Buttfreckles in his book. IF he didn't - well - he should have! Of course we all know our origin of species is Momma B's lab in Austin, Texas. YEE HAW!

Then I had this fond affinity for this big metal ball. Don't really know what it is, but it reminded me of a primitive over-sized Buttfreckle!

Oh and I WANT YOU - TO BUY SOME BUTTFRECKLES! HA! This was an actual wartime poster from 1917, the famous Uncle Sam bit. Shonda was real excited to see an actual poster, not some replica.

This is for all you Ford people. Yep, a Model T.

Shonda stood a bit in front of this saying. Got real serious. She said, even 100 years ago - our American Soldiers were just a brave and gallant as they are today. We are unwavering as a nation. Kinda got me all teary eyed too.

And this was the view from atop the tower, a panoramic of Kansas City.

After we left there...we went here for some culture! The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art 

They had a really neat sculpture garden. This was my favorite by far - HUGE SHUTTLECOCKS! There were three total. FOUR! Oh wait...wrong game. My bad. 

And this was one of my favorite exhibits - the Dada Exhibit. This is a Max Ernst. Way cool. 

All I can say is WOW!

Happy Trails -

Jitters