Kansas City Trip

Last year, a few girls from school planned a last minute trip to Kansas City over Spring Break.  We had a great time, so we decided to do it again this year.  We invited all of our friends, but it ended up being the same four girls who went last year.  

Throwback to last year's trip :)

We left Grand Island around 1:00 and drove to KC.  When we got there, we fancied up and took a taxi downtown to the Power and Lights District.  

We ate first at a restaurant close by. The Big 12 championship was in town and right across the street, so there were people (especially men) everywhere.

We started at the Country Western bar.  Last year, we loved the Dueling Pianos so much that we pretty much stayed there.  This year, we wanted to try different places.

We did go to the dueling pianos eventually.

They have two mirrors behind the pianos.  If you pay a certain amount, your message goes up there.  We paid $13 to say, "You're all lucky Nebraska left the Big 12.  Go Big Red!"  We got the reaction we were looking for, and someone paid to replace it with a new message quickly after that.

 The next day we drove to an outlet mall and shopped all day.  As we were leaving, we were all talking about how tired we were.  We decided we maybe weren't up for another night downtown, so we decided to go out to eat at a unique restaurant.  I had been to the Melting Pot once in the Plaza, so we called and made a reservation.

 The Melting Pot is a fondue place.  You have a cheese course, a meat course, and a dessert course.

Cheese course:  We chose beer cheddar and spinach artichoke as our two cheeses.  We had chips, breads, raw vegetables, and apples to dip in the cheeses.

 Meat course:  You choose three different meats.  They come to the table raw, and you cook them in a pot of boiling broth.  They cooked very quickly and were delicious.

Dessert course:  Peanut butter chocolate and caramel milk chocolate were our chocolate choices.  We were given marshmallows, rice krispie treats, pound cake, brownies, cheesecake, bananas, and strawberries to dip in the chocolate.  It goes without saying, that this was my favorite part!

Our reservation was at 8:45, and we didn't leave the restaurant until almost 11:30.  It was a good thing we didn't have other plans that evening.

The next day we packed up and headed to a different outdoor mall on our way out of town.  We ate there, shopped a little, and then hit the road.  On my way home, Zach sent me this picture.  I was definitely ready to be home with my family.

Our second annual Kansas City trip was a huge success!  I'm already looking forward to next year.