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| Kansas City is known for its BBQ! |
We are on a short stop in Lee's Summit for Doctor visits. Not much time to do touristy things, however...
Kansas City's Parade of Hearts is a non-profit organization that brings a unique art experience that celebrates diversity, unites communities, and supports local non-profits. They have provided 5' heart sculptures for local artists to create an art experience. From April to August of 2024 these hearts will be displayed throughout Kansas City to show the world why KC is known as America's Heartland.
The big reveal was Saturday where, for one day, you could view all 100 hearts in one place before they place them out in the community. Besides the hearts you could visit with the artists with some having artwork for sale. Live entertainment, interactive activities, and lots of people made for a nice morning.
As much as I like to drive around and search for sculptures this appeared to be a much more expedient way to see them in a short time. Check out some pictures and some views of KC below. All 100 hearts (they had designs on the front and back) were amazing. The following link has pictures of the hearts and if you click on each heart you will find links to the artist who created them, as well as the inspiration for their design: Parade of Hearts.
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| I can't imagine someone actually designing this. |
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| One night we stayed at a Harvest Host in Peck, KS. |
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| Elderberry Concentrate (just a teaspoon a day I think) is suppose to help with your health. We'll see. |
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| It was almost dark when I went for a walk in Grain Valley Friday. We stayed in Trailside RV Park for the first 3 months 5 years ago. |
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| This was one of my favorites just because there was an older lady (yes older than me) who was SO excited to tell me about how she rode this trolley. |
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| The artist had 3-D glasses for this design. So cool! |
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| Every year we stop at Hawg Jaw Que and Brew, one of our favorite BBQ joints. We also stock up on enough of our favorite BBQ sauce to get us through another year. |
Another yearly stop to check on what we have left of our former life in our 5 x 10' (Pat insists that because of the door its only 4 1/2 x 10') storage unit. It doesn't seem to have as much in it as I remember although as you can see it's pretty full. I wonder, when we get a place again, how much of it we will actually want. I also wonder if I will be surprised at things I've forgotten about. We got rid of a couple of things Sat. and had a few things that we've carried around unused for 5 years to add.
Where are the Piepers now? Grain Valley, MO
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