Missouri & Kansas
We are in Kansas City, KS. We enjoyed today’s outing at the huge outdoor store – Cabelas. It has more than 180,000 square feet of space. There are several animal exhibits, realistic “outdoor” scenes, a waterfall and a fish pond with several kinds of fish. There is a restaurant where we ate a great lunch of bison sandwiches. It was the first time we had bison. Clayton found “his” tent on sale and was thrilled to get the one he wanted at such a discounted price. We saw other things in the area including a statue of President Eisenhower “fishing” in a pond. It was “interesting” when we asked a gal at a local shop where the statue of Eisenhower was, she didn’t know. When Clayton explained that he was “fishing” and in middle of the shopping area. She said, “oh, you mean the old man who is fishing”!
We left Louisville on Sunday and drove to Columbia, MO, where we spent the night. Yesterday morning we got up early and went to the Missouri Historical Society library for Clayton to do some research about some ancestors who went out to Missouri in the 1800’s. After about four hours there and lunch we headed out to Howard County where the family members went and married, bought some property, etc. We drove through some beautiful farm land and several small towns. We stopped at one little store to ask questions about a cemetery which he didn’t know but directed us to another man in the adjoining town, three miles, who is an expert on county history, etc. Clayton enjoyed the conversation with him and two other locals who happened to be there but they had never heard of the cemetery. We drove several miles in county but never were able to find the cemetery. We did find one old cemetery in the area where his ancestors had property but it was not any of the Rock family.
It was late when we headed toward Kansas City. We were in need of a stop and some supper so stopped at the first exit off the interstate. The only restaurant was a truck stop! It was definitely an old one evidenced by the shabbiness of the furnishings. There was no “no smoking” section. The waitress smelled of bug spray – every time she came to our table we smelled it! The food was plain but fairly good.
Tomorrow we hope to see old friend, Rich, and enjoy learning about President Truman at his library and other sites.
We left Louisville on Sunday and drove to Columbia, MO, where we spent the night. Yesterday morning we got up early and went to the Missouri Historical Society library for Clayton to do some research about some ancestors who went out to Missouri in the 1800’s. After about four hours there and lunch we headed out to Howard County where the family members went and married, bought some property, etc. We drove through some beautiful farm land and several small towns. We stopped at one little store to ask questions about a cemetery which he didn’t know but directed us to another man in the adjoining town, three miles, who is an expert on county history, etc. Clayton enjoyed the conversation with him and two other locals who happened to be there but they had never heard of the cemetery. We drove several miles in county but never were able to find the cemetery. We did find one old cemetery in the area where his ancestors had property but it was not any of the Rock family.
It was late when we headed toward Kansas City. We were in need of a stop and some supper so stopped at the first exit off the interstate. The only restaurant was a truck stop! It was definitely an old one evidenced by the shabbiness of the furnishings. There was no “no smoking” section. The waitress smelled of bug spray – every time she came to our table we smelled it! The food was plain but fairly good.
Tomorrow we hope to see old friend, Rich, and enjoy learning about President Truman at his library and other sites.
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