Monday, May 28, 2012

Leavenworth Trip 2012 - Leaving Des Moines


Left Des Moines this moring. Mom, Dale, and I were on the road by 8:15. Hyatt Place is a very nice place to stay.

Top photo: View from our hotel room.
Bottom: Barilla facility. Photo taken from the car in Iowa.

Saturday, May 26, 2012

And, yes, even more leavenworth

Sunset in Leavenworth at 8:19 p.m.

Even more leavenworth

We stopped by the outlet mall to get some lunch.

The Carnegie Arts Center is an old Carnegie library. This is only about a block from Sam and Becky's house.


More leavenworth

This is the Moon Marble Company in Bonner Springs, Kansas. We took the boys here to see how real glass marbles are made. My understanding is that this is one of the, if not THE, last place in the U.S. to actually hand make glass marbles. The place has a wonderful toy store which we more than had time to see!

Leavenworth

In Platte City waiting to cross the bridge into Leavenworth, Kansas.

Des Moines to Leavenworth

1.  Hyatt Place in downtown Des Moines.


2.  Water tower in Osceola, Missouri.


3.  Casey's in Osceola, Missouri. Mom had to stop to get a donut.


4.  Bethany, Missouri.



5.  McDonald's in Cameron, Missouri.

Photos from Yesterday's Drive





1. (Top) Windmills near Blairsburg, Iowa.
2. Near Blairsburg, Iowa. 
3. Silos in Jewell, Iowa.
4. Hyatt Place in downtown Des Moines.

Friday, May 25, 2012

Leavenworth Here We Come!

Just tried posting some pics of our drive through Iowa to get to Des Moines but the blogger app on my iPhone wouldn't let me. I'm trying on my iPad but still without much sucessthe only pic I have here is of my feet in our hotel room. Oh well. Despite the trouble uploading a picture, I'm still pretty impressed because blogging on an iPad is much easier than on the tiny iPhone.