The weekend of the OPEN house we had to vacant the house. Prior to heading out our Realtors said we had 18 showings scheduled in just 2 days. MarioFan's friend invited him to spend the weekend at his house, while my husband and I headed off to visit Kansas City.
Once we dropped off the kiddo and the dog we headed out. It is about a 3-4 hour drive. My husband wanted to visit the Negro league baseball museum so that was our first stop.
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| My husband favorite lead singer Geddy Lee donated baseballs that have been signed by some of the greatest Baseball players. I understand Geddy Lee is a huge baseball fan and collect memorabilia |
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| posthumous golden gloves that should have been given to the great baseball players of that time. |
One interesting fact I learned was there was a black women's baseball team. Most people of heard of the film a "League of Their Own" that emphasized white women in the baseball sport. I hope someone does a movie one day about the earliest black women's baseball team as their stories are equally amazing!
Right next door was the Jazz museum so we swung by to see it as well
Next day we stopped by the World War I museum. There was a group re enacting many of the soldiers and explaining the way of life for the men in the front lines and behind the scenes. It is aways fun to see these groups and set ups.
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| Soldier explaining why fresh baked bread was not a good idea for those fighting on the front line. It was pretty disgusting. |
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| French soldier explaining why his red pants were not a good idea at the beginning of the war. |
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| Scottish solider |
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| German soldier hats |
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| German soldier |
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| American solider explaining how the back packs were used and how inefficient they were on the front lines. |
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| hob nail shoes |
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| gas masks used later in the war |
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| earlier gas mask in which the soldier would need to soak them in urine in order to activate the chemical inside to protect them. |
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| American Red Cross nurse. |
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| YMCA -- they had to dress in uniforms and were in the back and were there to help soldiers coming up from the front lines to relax and troops rotated every couple of weeks. |
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| Just some of the things they provided to the soldiers in order to help them relax and have some down time. |
The hotel recommended a barbecue restaurant that did not disappoint! Wow was it good. If you are even in Kansas City visit Jacks Stacks!
On our way home we picked up Luna from Petropolis dog boarding. the pictures we receive during her stay showed she was much happier.
If we were staying in the area I would definitely use them again. We did find out they are only in our local area here. While I don't use kennels often if I need to find one again I hope I can find one as cleans and as well run as this one was.
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