Life is a Highway: Kansas City Road trip

3 days,

2 provinces,

10 states, and

3,530.9 Km's later

we arrived at our Kansas city destination!

Pre-departure route mapping!

My Family

My brother Craig and I made a great road trip team!

We shared the driving and co-pilot/navigation roles.

Thanks to my very thoughtful friend 

we had a map and didn't get lost at all!

(Thanks Rachel)

Co-pilot Craig

Day One:

Our first destination was Boston, Massachusetts

We arrived in Boston early evening 

and our hotel was in a central location

so we had lots of daylight to explore the downtown...

We discovered that:

Boston is a beautiful city!

Boston Park Plaza Hotel (Hotwire special and great location!)

Craig in Boston

Angela in Boston

Craig and Angela Boston Waterfront

The Boston waterfront is SO beautiful 

and filled with sailboats, yatchs, etc...

It reminded me of Caribbean island waterfronts!

We also explored a few pubs in Boston.

My brother Craig was told about this old pub called the "Bell in hand"

It claims to be the oldest tavern in North America

and with an established date of 1795

It seems likely to be true!

The Bell in Hand Tavern

Day Two:

Boston, MA to Columbus, OH

This was our biggest driving day 

about 14 hours in the car.

We drove through 

Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York, Pennsylvania, 

and a good portion of Ohio.

Pennsylvania is a beautiful state... Lots of mountains!

We arrived in Columbus, OH after dark, with sore bottoms, and 

both crashed immediately upon arriving at our hotel.

Day Three

Columbus, OH to Kansas city, MO

Lots of flat road... Somewhere in Ohio

Day three looked a lot like Day two

Except a lot flatter Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois

are very, very flat.

In fact, they make the rolling hills of 

Missouri very noticable.

Yeah! Missouri:)

Sometime in the early evening 

we happily arrived in Kansas city!:)

Since Craig needed to make the most of his short time in Kansas city 

we tried to pack as much Kansas city fun

 into a day and a half, as possible!

Craig in Kansas city!

We explored the plaza, downtown, walked the parks...

Downtown Kansas city

City Market, downtown, Kansas City

Buying plants at the market:) 

Craig the b-ball star outside Sprint Center Stadium

Kansas city is well known for Jazz music especially during the 1930's

A huge downtown mural represents this era

Craig and I downtown Kansas city

I love the old theatre's in Kansas city!

Later,

Craig, Nathan, and I enjoyed lunch on the plaza

Cheers to a great road trip team!

Craig, Nathan, Angela

We're not the only Canadian's to make KC our home!

We had time for a game of 'Bocce ball' in Loose park

Me winning the game:)

Of course a trip to Kansas city is not complete 

without some good KC BBQ

We met some friends at a local BBQ hotspot 

Oklahoma Joe's is a very popular restaurant at a gas station!

Oklahoma Joe's: Notice the line-up!

Yep! It's a gas station!

Later
we enjoyed some local entertainment on the plaza

And ended our night at a Duelling Piano Bar:

Two baby grands vs Two talented Pianists.

It was a unique experience.
The entertainment was great, the crowed was unusual...
we counted 19 different Bachlorettes!
This made for a funny experience none of us will Ever forget!

Duelling Pianists!

It was a fantastic trip!
I am SO thankful my brother Craig joined me
on this road trip adventure!

Now it's time to get things organized in Kansas city:)