Kansas City, MO Performing Arts Center on September 8

Wanted to share another entry showing the beautiful Kaufmann Performing Arts Center in Kansas City, Missouri.  We took these pictures right before we went to have dinner at Lidia's with April and Genie Martin.  http://www.kauffmancenter.org/

Lidia's restaurant Kansas City

This is one of Lidia Bastianich's restaurants of Food Network fame. It was so delicious.  We were joined by April and Genie Martin, Burlington friends.

Corn Palace

This is in Mitchell, SD. Check out..
www.cornpalace.org/  We got there right at 5 pm so didn't get to see inside. Understand it has a basketball court in it.

Badlands National Park

Wish we had time to have spent more time here.

Wall Drug Store

On this stay we begin our trip back to NC.  We stopped here for breakfast.  This store as a tiny drug store back many years ago when the population was around 323.  Today it is closer to 850! Now it is a destination.  Check out:  http://www.walldrug.com/t-history.aspx

Coffee Mug

I hate this picture of me but I took to show you this special mug I purchased in a thrift store that was going out of business!  I hate drinking my morning coffee out of styrofoam or paper cups, so when we were in Bemidji, MN, we couldn't find this breakfast restaurant we had read about and turned into the parking lot of this store and went in for directions.  I realized I need a ceramic cup and purchased this hand painted mug that I knew I could keep up with.  It is so ugly that I will probably never lose it!

Mount Rushmore

We took a wonderful bus tour today. Started with a breakfast. Rode a twisty road to Rushmore on narrow roads through tiny rock tunnels on a big bus!