We took a long weekend to visit the Kansas City, MO area so I was unable to post Monday and yesterday. It was good to get away for a few days and we had fun. The weather was fine and we were very thankful to have pulled in our driveway just before horrible storms hit our area yesterday. It's best not to experience green skies, torrential rains and 60 mph straight-line winds while on the road...in a motorhome.
Always up for sightseeing, we began our getaway in Hamilton, MO where JCPenney founder, James Cash Penney, was born and raised. In the early1920s, he returned to his hometown to open this store for the chain.
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| FYI-Jenny, to whom they refer on this shirt is the founder of the quilt store!) |
Today it's an amazing quilt store (MO Star Quilt Co.) which literally sells any fabric you'd care to buy. From replica Civil War and depression material to batiks and licensed fabrics, they have it all! I didn't purchase anything, but loved looking around.
Our next stop was Watkins Woolen Mill State Park, which shares grounds with historic sites. It was wonderful and I'm giving you advance notice now that I'll be subjecting you to another day of field trip highlights tomorrow, focusing on Watkins!
We toured the National World War 1 Museum in Kansas City. It was excellent!
We loved the field of faux poppies.
Have you ever been to any of the presidential libraries? This was our first trip to one, but we did buy a little passport booklet and plan to incorporate as many of the others as we can while we are on our travels. While we were in the KC area though, we zipped to Independence to check out Truman Presidential Library. It's well done and was interesting.
I think I have bored you with enough today! In case you are ever in the Kansas City area, though, I thought you may be interested in some possible sightseeing ideas. Now I am off to finish laundry from the trip!