Friday
We had Danielle stay overnight after eating with her mom and dad, her sister was at another overnight. When we got home, no TV, we put the account on inactive supposedly Monday. Another Hickory Tech thing. The DSL was still active, good for us. I asked her if she wanted me to call and see if I could have them put it on for the eve, she said no and grabbed some books and started reading. After an hour of that she played the webkidz thing with Grandma. By 9 we were all tired and off to sleepy land we went.
The next morn Saturday we got a call that Abbigale was throwing-up all night and to sneak Danielle into the house as we left. So at 8:30 we were off on our spring adventure.
By the time we got to Ankeny it was time to eat at Chip’s restaurant off exit 90. This is one of our favorites, fresh potato chips as a beginning course. Shirleen had a quarter dark meat roasted chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy, and I a bowl of white chili. They also give us a nice basket of fresh French bread. Wonder how long they’ll do that with $20 bushel wheat. Back in the 70’s Hubbard paid a buck a bushel and were given 75 cents by the government, what a change.
Well it was getting close to a tank fill and we are 10 miles from Missouri boarder with Iowa, which has the higher gas price?? Well we stopped in Iowa for 2.99, the first exit in Missouri, you didn’t guess it it was the same and got higher as we approached KC. We checked into The Savoy hotel, the oldest one in Kansas City. We went to the room ditched our bag and went to the Country Club Plaza on 47th street. We found a parking spot on the street and people all over. Grabbed a couple glasses of wine while sitting in the sun, why not, it is 71 degrees. I still was not feeling good so we decided to eat at Buca’s, we split a lasagna, really tasty. We stopped in a ladies shop and they asked where we were staying, I was reluctant to tell them because we were embarrassed to tell them after checking in and seeing the hovel. But I did, I said I am sure that through the eye of the owner it looks nice and that the description is fine. They were just talking about the good food at the restaurant and were surprised about the accommodations. I said all we could get were a base room, didn’t want one for another $50. The gals said you ought to just tell them and cancel or ask for an upgrade. As we drove back I said that I would try that, Shirleen agreed with the idea. So the guy that checked us in checked us out when I told him I was disappointed. So as we pull out of the parking lot we find we have no token and need a $5 bill to get out. I noticed when I walked back to the car that the gate was weak plastic. So I asked Shirleen to see if she could pull the gate up and to the side, magically out we went, as did the guy next to us. Now we don’t have a place to stay at 7:30. So we had intended to visit Truman’s house and library the next day we headed in that direction. Not knowing where we were headed but going. We got out to Independence MO and noticed a bunch of hotels on the GPS. Well the overpass of Hiway 70 was torn up and we had to go around through the neighborhoods to find them. The GPS got us to that side and we ended up at a Red Roof Inn, don’t stay there unless like us we had to. Bed was nice need a lot of upkeep.
Ate at a Denny’s, and believe it or not that was the only restaurant we found. Went to President Truman’s house, small modest, old fixtures and furnishings. It was hard to believe that a person of his stature would end up living here in Independence in this modest house. We visited the library the rest of the afternoon and had a delightful time. Where Oh Where did the good men go.
We are at a Comfort Suites in Independence, out the back window looking up the hill are 8 deer grazing. We then decided to eat at The Herford House Steakhouse. A spin off of the one in Kansas City that we had eaten at many years ago. A great filet Mignon which we split, accompanied with a fresh spring salad, a hearty beef soup with enough meat to fill me up. The fries and baked beans filled us up. Shirleen had the Steak house red wine and I had to have another glass of one I had on our Med cruise, St. Francis from Sonoma.
Starting to feel better, hope tomorrow is normal. jerr
The next morn Saturday we got a call that Abbigale was throwing-up all night and to sneak Danielle into the house as we left. So at 8:30 we were off on our spring adventure.
By the time we got to Ankeny it was time to eat at Chip’s restaurant off exit 90. This is one of our favorites, fresh potato chips as a beginning course. Shirleen had a quarter dark meat roasted chicken with green beans and mashed potatoes and gravy, and I a bowl of white chili. They also give us a nice basket of fresh French bread. Wonder how long they’ll do that with $20 bushel wheat. Back in the 70’s Hubbard paid a buck a bushel and were given 75 cents by the government, what a change.
Well it was getting close to a tank fill and we are 10 miles from Missouri boarder with Iowa, which has the higher gas price?? Well we stopped in Iowa for 2.99, the first exit in Missouri, you didn’t guess it it was the same and got higher as we approached KC. We checked into The Savoy hotel, the oldest one in Kansas City. We went to the room ditched our bag and went to the Country Club Plaza on 47th street. We found a parking spot on the street and people all over. Grabbed a couple glasses of wine while sitting in the sun, why not, it is 71 degrees. I still was not feeling good so we decided to eat at Buca’s, we split a lasagna, really tasty. We stopped in a ladies shop and they asked where we were staying, I was reluctant to tell them because we were embarrassed to tell them after checking in and seeing the hovel. But I did, I said I am sure that through the eye of the owner it looks nice and that the description is fine. They were just talking about the good food at the restaurant and were surprised about the accommodations. I said all we could get were a base room, didn’t want one for another $50. The gals said you ought to just tell them and cancel or ask for an upgrade. As we drove back I said that I would try that, Shirleen agreed with the idea. So the guy that checked us in checked us out when I told him I was disappointed. So as we pull out of the parking lot we find we have no token and need a $5 bill to get out. I noticed when I walked back to the car that the gate was weak plastic. So I asked Shirleen to see if she could pull the gate up and to the side, magically out we went, as did the guy next to us. Now we don’t have a place to stay at 7:30. So we had intended to visit Truman’s house and library the next day we headed in that direction. Not knowing where we were headed but going. We got out to Independence MO and noticed a bunch of hotels on the GPS. Well the overpass of Hiway 70 was torn up and we had to go around through the neighborhoods to find them. The GPS got us to that side and we ended up at a Red Roof Inn, don’t stay there unless like us we had to. Bed was nice need a lot of upkeep.
Ate at a Denny’s, and believe it or not that was the only restaurant we found. Went to President Truman’s house, small modest, old fixtures and furnishings. It was hard to believe that a person of his stature would end up living here in Independence in this modest house. We visited the library the rest of the afternoon and had a delightful time. Where Oh Where did the good men go.
We are at a Comfort Suites in Independence, out the back window looking up the hill are 8 deer grazing. We then decided to eat at The Herford House Steakhouse. A spin off of the one in Kansas City that we had eaten at many years ago. A great filet Mignon which we split, accompanied with a fresh spring salad, a hearty beef soup with enough meat to fill me up. The fries and baked beans filled us up. Shirleen had the Steak house red wine and I had to have another glass of one I had on our Med cruise, St. Francis from Sonoma.
Starting to feel better, hope tomorrow is normal. jerr
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