I had heard of the Inn on Crescent Lake for years. We had friends from years ago who had worked there in grounds and housekeeping between jobs in their lives. The way they described it, it sounded ideal. But we never had the time or money to try it out. Until I started planning our … Continue reading Inn on Crescent Lake: Ideal Romantic Getaway
(Note: Potential spoilers ahead in this theater review.) We attended the Thursday evening showing of Disney's "Mary Poppins: The Broadway Musical" as put on by Kansas City's Starlight Theatre. It was a show well worth seeing -- so like, and yet so unlike the Disney movie of the same name. You will recognize many familiar … Continue reading Starlight’s Mary Poppins: Magic and Puppetry
(Final post in a series on a day at the Kansas City Zoo) After finishing the carousel ride we hit the last main exhibit -- the Penguins. The Penguin habitat includes two main sections: one for cold water penguins and one for the warm water penguins. Back in April Betsy and I had seen the … Continue reading KC Zoo: Penguins
The Zoo has a carousel where instead of horses the animals you ride on are various zoo animals. It is a very good idea in principal, but unlike the carousels we ride at the amusement park, it is very slow. It needs to be faster. The central part of the carousel had a lot of … Continue reading KC Zoo: Carousel
From the Australia train section you can head in two directions: Down the Tiger Trail or to Australia. We chose the Tiger Trail first. A new exhibit had opened on the Tiger Trail since Betsy and I had visited in April. The Tiger Trail used to have cages for the great tigers, but since they … Continue reading KC Zoo: Australia and the Tiger Trail
We began our transport series in Africa on the Sky Safari, transferred to the Tram, and today I will talk about the next step: the Train to Australia. The tram was a full-size tram, but the train is more of a child-size seat. It begins by going through a short tunnel that actually heads away … Continue reading KC Zoo: Train to Australia
Our second trip on the Sky Safari finished our tour of Africa. So we went from one transportation device to another: the Tram. We took the tram to get to Africa, and we took the tram to get back from Africa. This meant we didn't stop along the elephant trail, but we did get to see … Continue reading KC Zoo: Return from Africa — on the Tram
With the heat of the day, many of the animals were inside in their backstage areas -- and I could tell that many of the people at the zoo were wondering whether they should have stayed in their own "backstage" areas. Upon exiting the Sky Safari we found ourselves facing the baboons, though they weren't … Continue reading KC Zoo: On the Trail in Africa
Continuing my series on our one day zoo excursion (amazing how many days of posts can come from one day if you stretch it out!), we come to another transportation device: Â the Sky Safari. The Sky Safari is a chair ride that takes you over the central savannah in the Africa section. You get to … Continue reading KC Z00: Sky Safari, Part 1
We followed the visit to the hippos with a cruise on the boat. The lake in the Africa section gives a view of the central savannah, which includes the giraffes, zebras, etc. The lake itself, we learned, used to be used for speedboat racing, and was eventually deepened, with the island in the "middle" being … Continue reading KC Zoo: an African Cruise
At The Rainbow 