Spring Break in Kansas City

We only had a day in Kansas City, and this one was about family. We decided to meet Ty and Savannah and the boys. They wanted to go to the zoo, and that sounded great to us. We met about 9:30 at the gate and their boys immediately took to our boys, excitedly showing them all their favorite things in the Kansas City Zoo. This zoo is quite a bit larger than our zoo, so we did a lot more walking. They had some cool animals, too. We even rode the Skyride over the top of the zoo, and you could see the animals below.

The boys loved Seth!

We had so much fun with the Alders.

Riding the skytram.

We chuckled about these signs all over the zoo. 

The zoo was a ton of fun.

They also have a small aquarium.

Mom and her best buddy!

Such a fun morning!

We spent most of the day at the zoo, and then took Ty to a quick lunch for his birthday. Then we ended up back at the hotel to relax for a few minutes before our biggest adventure of the day, the Royals game. The game wasn't all that exciting. Bobby Witt, Jr. had a double and made an amazing double play. But that was about all the Royals managed, as they lost 2-0. Still we had great seats right down by 3rd base. Ty's family even came down from the upper deck and watched the last few innings with us.

We walked to the stadium from our hotel.

Add another stadium to our growing list.

George Brett is an iconic player.

There is a cool fountain at this stadium.

We enjoyed sitting with Ty and Savannah and the boys at the game.

We loved seeing them in Kansas City!

It was a long drive home, and we started out early. We listened to General Conference and Harry Potter. We stopped at a rest stop and Mom made lunch. The weather was good, though. Finally, we arrived in Rifle, Colorado, and checked into a hotel. 

The next morning, we drove up into the hills above Rifle to see the waterfall at Rifle Falls State Park. We'd seen this way back before Utah's Adventure Family began. It was just as good as we remembered. There was a huge triple waterfall that you can walk right under and on top of. Then there were some shallow caves that we explored. We ended up spending around an hour, which didn't delay us coming home too much. Luckily, we were in time to pick up our new baby chicks!

Rifle Falls is gorgeous.

It is so picturesque.

Can you see the boys?

You could even walk behind the waterfall.

The caves were fun to explore.

We had fun checking out all the little caves.

This was a great stop.

We climbed up into all sorts of places.

The rock formations were so cool.

We saw a little rainbow as we were leaving.