KC trip

We went to KC and I'll just come right out and say the Cyclones got barbecued. It wasn't the referees' faults this time. You may recall ISU most likely would have won the game in Ames without a couple bad calls at the end of the game.

It was fun to travel Friday to Kansas City Friday to see Jud - he lives in St. Joseph, but spends a great deal of time there with GF Kara. We had hoped to purchase tickets to the Sprint Center, but that was impossible! We headed to the Power and Light District for the Pep Rally. Talk about outnumbered! Jayhawk fans were everywhere...even during our part of the rally.

We staked out a place near a tree and short wall in the open area with the big screen TV. The place is surrounded with bars and has a roof. We didn't have to worry about weather though - it was 80 degrees! We got beers and ran into Jud's pal, former Cy Mascot Noelle - now an Assistant Manager at an Ankeny HyVee. She was enjoying a beer with a giant hand coozie.

We stood by some other Cyclone fans and chatted - one was from Harlan - hates Creston's wrestling program, which was fine because Creston hates all of their other programs! Nice guys though. Another one is from Denver and is married to Ann Drey from Creston - I've mentioned before, we're all related in Iowa, somehow. We had a nice conversation about the Drey fam and Ken's sporting goods store.

Lots of blue...

Schippers are in the house - the Osceola couple we see at all Cyclone events...

Most of the Cyclone fans left for the game, leaving us to watch with mostly blue clad rabid Jayhawk fans...not fun. Especially when the Cyclones didn't play well. Ah well, such is life. We will play another day and look forward to a nice rivalry with Kansas for years to come. Love that Fred Hoiberg! We headed to a pizza place called Minsky's near where Kara lives near the airport. Used to love the joint by the same name in Ames - Paul played softball for a team by that name we started dating...

Saturday we shopped at The Legends Outlet Mall in Kansas. Huge place with a nice Cabela's - which Paul loved. Kara was not impressed with the ugly large catfish in the aquarium there. We ate at The Yardhouse, the same place we liked in Pasadena when we visited there for Leslie Alvillar's wedding. Enjoyed seeing Kara's apartment and loved spending time with the kids! In fact we must go back there this summer for a longer period.

Got that yellow fleece at Cabela's - $29!

This is a restaurant...we didn't eat there

Odie stayed in Creston at the puppy spa - Aunt Lila and Uncle Bill's, so we timed our return trip to go to Mass at 5:15 p.m. at Holy Spirit in Creston then picked her up. I had the idea to text friends to see if they'd like to eat at A&G before we headed home - bingo! McKims and McFees were available but missed out on Higgin's company. Just like old times. Made it home by just after 10 p.m. Fun weekend!

Okay...so we stopped for 1 at The Lobby before we headed home...(note I drank water)