A Slice of Life
Bill Lites
Day 13 – July 27: Continued:
Not to be discouraged there in Kansas City, I tried the National WWII Museum, but it was also closed. Not having the best day finding museums to visit today, am I? So, I gave up on the Kansas City museums and headed south for about 30-minutes on I-35 to visit the Belton-Grandview Railroad Museum located in Belton, MO. This small museum displays antique railroad artifacts and rolling stock dating from the early 1920s, and gives 5-mile (45-minute) weekend excursion rides in their restored 1923 Pullman car thru Old Towne Belton, MO and the surrounding area for passenger enjoyment.
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Now it was another 20-minutes south on I-35 to Harrisonville, MO where I picked up SR-7 for another 40 minutes southeast to visit the Henry County Museum in Clinton, MO. This museum is situated in the old restored 1886 Anheuser-Busch building and displays antique artifacts, an original preserved 1856 Dog Trot Log House, a one-room schoolhouse, along with memorabilia related to the history of the city of Clinton and the surrounding Henry County area dating from the early 1800s.
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Before leaving Clinton, I drove by the Clinton Railroad Depot and only was able to get a photo, as they were closed. So, I gave up on museums for the day. From Clinton I continued east on SR-7 for another 30-minutes to visit my friends Hank and Lois in Lincoln, MO. Lois is DiVoran’s cousin, and they have kept in touch with each other over the years. Hank is a big game hunter, and misses the Colorado mountains where they lived for years. We had a very pleasant visit reminiscing about our many visits to see them and DiVoran’s grandparents in Canon City, CO over the years. They showed me their garden where I ate a hand-full of some of the most delicious, falling-off-the-vine-ripe blackberries I have ever eaten. They live not far from nearby Timber Line Lake where Hank spends a lot of his time fishing for Sunfish, Catfish, and Largemouth Bass.
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After that great visit, I said my goodbyes, and gave Greta (My Garmin) the address for my hotel for tonight in Sedalia, MO and we were on our way. Greta took me to the hotel in Sedalia without any problem, and I got my things into my room. I was impressed with the beautifully carpeted grand stairway in the lobby of the hotel that reminded me of the foyer of a turn-of-the-century Victorian mansion. It was called the Truman Inn, and I never did find out why it had that name. There were pictures of President Harry S. Truman in some of the downstairs rooms (and one on each side of the stairway). It is my guess that President Truman stayed in this hotel at some point in time, and that the owner of the hotel (at that time) was so impressed with Truman that he named the hotel in honor of the President. That’s a pretty wild guess on my part. What do you think?
I asked the desk clerk about good restaurants in town. He said, “If you like Bar-B-Q, you will like Bandana’s BBQ Restaurant over on Broadway Boulevard.” So, I gave it a try. I had their BBQ Spareribs plate with coleslaw and sweet potato fries. It was a wonderful meal. Yummmm! There was enough left over for another meal tomorrow. So, with a full tummy I went back to the hotel and looked for something to watch on TV. Of course, I couldn’t find anything I liked, so I recorded the day’s activities, and went to bed.
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—–To Be Continued—–
Bill is a retired Mechanical engineer living with his wonderful artist/writer wife, DiVoran, of 65 years in Titusville, Florida. He was born and raised in the Southwest, did a tour of duty with the U.S. Navy, attended Northrop University in Southern California and ended up working on America’s Manned Space Program for 35 years. He currently is retired and spends most of his time building and flying R/C model airplanes, traveling, writing blogs about his travels for Word Press and supporting his wife’s hobbies with framing, editing and marketing. He also volunteers with a local church Car Care Ministry and as a tour guide at the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum there in Titusville. Bill has two wonderful children, two outstanding grandchildren, and a loving sister and her husband, all of whom also live in Central Florida, so he and DiVoran are rewarded by having family close to spend lots of quality time with.
One of Bill’s favorite Scriptures is: John 10:10
Old Things R New 
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