Mary with Doug & Peg
It was nice to relax and enjoy time with friends without the stress of being blown across Kansas by the wild winds. We visited Powell Gardens, Kauffman Gardens and the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. All great places. At the Kemper we saw the photgraphs of Laura McPhee taken with an 8x10 film view camera of subjects in Idaho. The prints were 6 ft by 8 ft and incredible.
The feature at the Powell Gardens (besides the fantastic plantings) were large sculptures made of legos. I just know grandson Beckett and grand daughter Mary would love them.
Lego Swallowtail Butterfly
Lego Gardener
Lego Lawn Mower
The plants, flowers and insects at the gardens were wonderful.
Swallow Tail Butterfly
Butterfly on Yellow Straw Flower
Lily
Orchid
Water Lily
In addition to all of our cultural adventures we enjoyed the fine food of Oklahoma Joe's barbeque. If you haven't tried you don't know what you are missing. Nothing Vegan here but it is oh so good!
This morning we said farewell to Doug & Peg and headed east to the St Louis area. We are camped in St Charles, MO where Lewis & Clark began their voyage of discovery in 1804 to explore a path to the Pacific Ocean. Once settled in we went to the Lewis and Clark Boat House and Museum where we watched an excellent video of their journey and gazed at replicas of the boats they used.
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