Good Times In Missouri

Last Saturday's trip to

Kansas City, Missouri

where Ryan and I participated

in an aquaponics workshop

hosted by

Jason

from

The Urban Farming Guys

was

MEMORABLE

indeed

for plenty of reasons.

[A certain Missouri politician and I would most assuredly disagree how to define "welfare of the people".]

[driving into the neighborhood where the course was being held]

Eating delicious BBQ Chicken.
[right after spending quality time with live ones]
We were lucky to have the opportunity to meet the owner of 
Gates & Sons BBQ
 a fantastic little eatery
that employs a friendly and gregarious waitstaff.
{Hi, may I help you?!}

The food was awesome & Mr. Gates' establishment got two thumbs up from this girl
when he said he really liked Ron Paul {Happy Bday R. Peezy} and a lot of his philosophies!!

Thanks Gates BBQ for a great dining experience!

  

 

[a memorable street, indeed.]

my favorite part of the entire trip
happened in a rest stop parking lot
while ryan and i discussed how dumb we were
to forget the top of our tent
when
but of course
it was raining.

we knew we were committed to a long drive home

and not much was working

as far as lifting our spirits.

until we saw this.

this guy.

 

[i only captured the shimmy of his rumba moves.  which were pretty sweet.]

I wish I had been video recording what was happening in the picture above.

we saw this man

get out of his car

and proceed to

DANCE

like

CRAZY

in front of his 

teenage daughters.

His smooth rumba moves

up and down the parking lot

and in front of his girls' car door

were amazing

no.doubt.

but nothing compared

to when he started to

do a lil of this

at their door.

no joke.

then a little bit of this went down.

and tears are rolling down my face from watching him from afar now.

and i assume his daughters are beyond mortified at this point.

until.

one of them gets out and starts doing this:

If I hadn't just used the facilities - I would have peed my pants watching this family.

Spirits.Lifted.

We had the energy now [thank you laughter] to get us through the drive.

And now I vote that every road trip

in our future

[especially the ones that involve our eye-rolling children]

include

a little bit of this:

It'll be great.

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Anybody have any good Missouri stories?

What gets you through a long drive?

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