While I didn’t have a lot of time in Kansas City, I thoroughly enjoyed the time I did have. The city was clean, beautiful and relatively easy to get around in by car as well, things that many cities would do well to emulate…

As many of you know, I’m a total sucker for a great train station – and Kansas City’s Union Station is easily one of the best I’ve visited. The architecture speaks for itself, but the addition of the model train exhibit takes it over the edge in my book. I LOVED seeing all of the young kids geeking out over the trains – and the first one I saw was their Durango-Silverton line, so I did some geeking out myself…

The National World War I Museum is a spot I wish I would have had more time to explore, but I absolutely loved the inscription above the fountain in that last pic: Who More Than Self Their Country Loved.

Loved the way they “dressed up” this shopping area – great stuff…

And I finished off my visit with a trip to Arthur Bryant’s – the ribs were great, primarily because their sauce was the real deal.