Total KM = 81

Had a freeway tour of the Kansas Cities today. If you check your map there are actually two of them, partially separated by the Missouri River, one in Kansas and one in Missouri. Like many big cities in the states this one has a beltway which makes it relatively easy to get from one side to the other then you can exit off toward the center or the periphery when your "angle" is correct.

We actually ended up on side roads and in farm lands around the periphery of the city - lush rolling fields, birds singing and you could smell the fresh mown grass. No cattle yards today.

We visited the Harley Davidson Powertrain Operations Division (Doug - the avid lifetime BMW rider always wants to visit the Harley Shops, I think it is to show off Raindancer's power centerstand) and stopped at Harrah's Casino overlooking the Missouri river for lunch. We ate in the buffet and both had the same observation - all that food and all those overweight people. We know we could both stand to loose a little but we felt pretty svelt! Neither of us went back for seconds I can assure you and we walked the stairs after that too!

It was a wonderful warm and dry evening for our trip across to the Kauffman Stadium for the ball game. It was pretty much a blow out with Kansas City winning 9 to 1 over the Seattle Mariners. It was still a great stadium to visit and entertaining watching the crowd. Of course, Norma went prepared for the cold with her motorcycle gloves, muff and hot packs just in case. We were both wishing we had short sleeve shirts on by the time the game ended!