Kansas City here we come

Left at 9:42. The original plan was to have an A.I.S (Asses In Seats) of 9, but a wedding the night before meant we didn't get to bed until around 1:30 last night, so...there went the 9:00 A.I.S. Had our healthy breakfast from McDonald's drive thru and headed west. About 2 hours in we had to stop near Atlanta (yes there's an Atlanta, Illinois) to put gas in the car and remove the coffee and iced tea we had at breakfast from our bodies. We also picked up our standard garbage food snacks for the car ride. After another 1 hour 45 minutes we had to stop again so someone could finish "processing" the rest of her iced tea. This was in Barry, Illinois. 2.5 hours of the wife driving got us to a gas station near Cameron, Missouri for the standard refuel and bio-break. Drove one more hour to the Fairfield Inn near the KC airport at 5:08. By this point I was getting hangry (I could only eat so many "Whoppers" in the car) so we just dropped our stuff in the room and headed for Union Station in downtown KC to check it out (They have a big-ass flag in there) and find BBQ nearby. Found Jack Stack Barbecue across pedestrian bridge over all the RR tracks at the station. We were told it was a 20-30 minute wait, but we only had to wait 15 minutes. We sat outside, which at first was rough, since the temp was around 90 and it was friggin' humid. But after about 10 minutes the sun went behind the building and a slight breeze picked up which cooled things down nicely. We both got burnt ends and brisket, pretty good, tasted a lot like Doc's in Mokena, so I guess Doc's is authentic KC barbecue. After dinner and walking back to the car my feet were bitching at me about how this was supposed to be a day off after golf and standing a lot during the wedding the day before. So we did the 5 minute drive instead of the 20 minute walk over to the World War 1/liberty memorial. The memorial is basically a really big tower on a hilltop, nice view of KC from up there. We pretty much walked through a yoga class going on there to get a good look at the sunset. No one seemed to mind, for the most part they were all being one with the universe. After that I and my feet were done and we drove back to the hotel, getting back before 9. Tomorrow is a little longer drive into New Mexico and we were still feeling some effects from the wedding (not 25 anymore), so went right to bed. Namaste.