Surprise Kansas City Road Trip

Nov 13

Written By Alysa

Yes, it WAS amazing. God spared no expense when He brushed the sky with pinks and oranges and yellows last Friday night. It took my breath away!

Michelle called early Friday morning and said look outside your front door. And there, on my steps, was a Diet Coke, just callin' my name. And then, Denise walked around in front of the bushes. SURPRISE!

I'm the youngest of the three of us. {I'll forever remind them of this.} So two years ago, Michelle and I surprised Denise and took her away to Door County for her 40th birthday weekend. And then last year, Denise and I suprised Michelle and took her to Holland, Michigan for the weekend. So this year was my turn. And they did it up right.

The three of us have been on dozens of road trips {and no, I'm not exaggerating} together over the two-plus decades of friendship. We've done the roll-over in a van and go to the emergency room together road trip. And we've done countless mid-west road trips together. And we've done Canada and Tennessee and a little bit of everything else in between. So this next shot captures the essence of our trips. Sun in our faces. Laughter fills the car. Music is loud and beautiful and fun.

Hello, Missouri. Good-bye, Illinois!

Our destination was a surprise, until Michelle, while talking on the phone with her dad, said, "We're taking Alysa to Kansas City for a surprise weekend." To which I quietly said to Denise, "I heard that!" So the cat was out of the bag but it didn't take one thing away from the surprise weekend!

How appropriate that this next picture was in a McDonald's, where we stopped for none other than a nice big Diet Coke. Sums it up, does it not?

Random pics from our trip - Union Station in Kansas City ... beautiful. We went to a chocolate exhibit. Mainly for the samples. Nice.

We ate breakfast at a local diner in Union Station and I fell in love with these stools. Not sure why. Just a quirk I guess.

This next one is my favorite 'building' picture.

I had no idea that Kansas City is known for its barbeque, so Friday night we arrived and ate at Jack Stack, the best, according to the locals. And I'll say, it was quite delish.

Another Diet Coke.

Saturday night we went to a dinner theatre and saw the one, the only, Greg Brady, in action. I had NO idea that he was that old. Wow. The play was "Church Basement Ladies 2" and it was fantastic.