Kansas City Spring Trip – 2019!

Posted on April 27, 2019August 17, 2026 by Explorerhawk26A

(Friday, April 12- Sunday, April 14, 2019) – A springtime trip to Kansas City included a Segway tour, a Royals baseball game, and some delicious food, including the iconic Kansas City food – barbecue! Saturday, April 13th included a morning tour of Kansas City museums, Parks, and History as part of a two (2) hour Segway tour.

fullsizeoutput_67df — It was a welcome site to see trees in bloom and green grass again!

fullsizeoutput_67ea — Segway tour in Kansas City – Fountain at KC Arts Institute

fullsizeoutput_67ee — Linda & Virgil at the Kaufman Memorial Garden

2eenfvQKT6CeHgJ2D4DSRA — Kaufman Memorial Gardens

6JWNKnakQVyDQ4yBLCRTKw — Scenery at Kaufman Memorial Gardens

fullsizeoutput_67e9 — Kaufman Memorial Gardens – Kansas City, MO

fullsizeoutput_67e7 — Dendrite looking sculpture at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

fullsizeoutput_67e4 — Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – with iconic shuttlecock sculptures on the lawn

The Segway tour include a visit to the Westport area of Kansas City where we learned about the Q39 restaurant & it’s legendary barbecue. We investigated this further over lunch and confirmed that the barbecue was indeed delicious at Q39 – yum!

An unfortunate knee sprain during the Segway tour kept Linda from attending the baseball game during the windy 50 degree weather. Virgil braved the elements and visited Kaufman stadium – home of the Kansas City Royals. Kaufman stadium is very family friendly and has the water fountains beyond centerfield.

fullsizeoutput_67ef — Fountains at Kaufman stadium

SbFq34NXSuG39%aIyYTPTg — Tribute to George Brett – a Kansas City Royals legend

fullsizeoutput_6800 — View from the seats of the outfield scoreboard at Kaufman Stadium in Kansas City

fullsizeoutput_67f4 — Pregame activities – view from the seats

On Sunday, April 14th, we headed towards Wichita, Kansas – and on the way, we made a visit to the Overland Park Arboretum and Botanical Gardens.

fullsizeoutput_6803 — Sweethearts selfie at the Overland Park Arboretum & Botanical Gardens

We enjoyed the time we had in our brief stay in the Kansas City area!

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