Viva La Vagabond: Living Like Kansas City Royalty

We hope that we have not disappointed anyone with our leisurely pace. We have come to the conclusion that it would have been much easier to meet our deadline if we were zero fun. If anything, we have learned that we like to have fun as much as the candidates in dating service videos. If you are not following, type in "80s dating video montage" on YouTube and enjoy.

You're welcome. So our friends John and Alicia, who also like to have fun, were just too fun to leave and we had to stay an extra day with them. Plus Alicia surprised us with coffee every

morning and "If you give a Jordan a Coffee.."well you know the rest.

Our first day there, we took the bus to venture into Kansas City. We went from vagabonds on bikes to city folk navigating the bus system over night. The River Market was our first destination of course, because we knew there would be lots of food there. It is definitely one of KC's gems. Thye have many varieties of authentic foreign food to choose from and a pretty solid farmer's market. Many of the restaurants also had a connecting store that sold food and spices specific to that culture. We only had a few hours to explore the city before catching the last bus back to Olathe and that time flew by. Mostly we just enjoyed the big city vibe after spending all summer in little towns.

We bussed back to Alicia and John's where we had a super relaxing evening of watching a movie and eating yummy snacks. Hanging out on a couch and watching TV is much different from our usual evenings so that was a nice change. Afterwards, they took us to a place called Austin's to get their famous Delgado Wings. Finger lickin' good y'all! And that is when they convinced us to stay one more day.

We took the next morning at a leisurely pace before getting ready to go on a bike ride on the bike paths in town. Going on a bike ride during our bike ride...it's almost ironic. We had an interesting time trying to navigate through the unclear detours and even did a little trail blazing through a backyard or two. We worked up quite the appetite so they took us to get some world famous Kansas City BBQ at Oklahoma Joes. Visiting this place was one of the main reasons they told us we had to stay another day and it was worth it. Full, happy and tired we lazed beside the pool before getting ready for one more treat.

We went out to Westport that night to see a band called Flannigan's Right Hook at this bar, Kelly's. Again, we knew our extra day was completely worth it. These guys were awesome and put on a great show. They covered a lot of songs by putting their own touch on them and had some really fun Irish songs of their own. We stayed WAY later than we even imagined we would and made our grand exit by getting down on the dance floor. Getting back to the car was a whole experience within itself among the crowded streets packed with all the bar goers.

Of course after our long night we got a super late start leaving their place but that just meant we got to spend a little more time with our excellent hosts. Thanks for showing us such a great time guys! We still got some miles out of the way and had time to stop at TWO Sonics before turning in for the night. We hadn't seen a single Sonic until after the middle of Kansas and we have not been able to resist the many we have seen since. It's starting to feel a lot more like home y'all! There are definitely many differences that we have noticed the more eastern we get and it is odd the things that we have found comforting. We stayed in Lone Jack, Missouri and today we will head for the Katy Trail which we will take to St. Louis. Keep it real errbody.

Awesome lady kept popping up on us in KCK

Beautiful art here in KC

MURAL!

This place at the Crown Center. That is all.

Making breakfast for our hosts.

Look closely at the detour signs. Surely this was a joke.

On the roof top at Kelly's

We tried to put together outfits appropriate for the bar, however Jordan did not pass dress code with his sleeveless shirt. Luckily they let him have this little treasure from the lost and found. . .SWAG!