Day Seventeen - Year Two

We spent our first day in the area exploring the downtown area.  Kansas City is known as the "City of Fountains" and we spotted a few of them while driving down to check out Union Station.  The old railroad station has been refurbished, and is really nice.

When we first got there, we had to go and check out the Titanic Exhibit - a traveling exhibit of artifacts from the Titanic.  It was a really cool exhibit, and much more extensive than I thought it was going to be.  Sam was VERY excited to see it, as he likes anything to do with the Titanic.  They wouldn't allow photographs inside, though.  Bummer!

After that, we toured around Union Station a little, and strolled down to check out their model train exhibit.  It was pretty awesome, and quite large!  Some of the details in the little towns was amazing!  One of the men who built it was there, and he pointed out to me that the yellow Chevy in the back row of the drive-in theater had it's windows fogged up.  LOL

We also caught a glimpse of the time capsule that is encased in a wall of Union Station, not to be opened until 2101.  Who knows what kind of goodies are in that?  :)

One of the famous fountains is in front of Union Station, so we had to get a closer look on the way out.

We then drove downtown to Crown Center to eat at a little restaurant I had read about called Fritz's Railroad Restaurant.  It is located inside the center along with several other eateries.  There is a hydraulic setup for little train engines that motor along on a track around the entire dining room, and they actually deliver the order to your table!  Once they reach the right table, the food drops onto a tray that lowers down to your table.  What a hoot!

After a little more strolling about and checking out more fountains, we headed back to the coach for the night.  One of the main things we noticed was how clean the city was - NO TRASH anywhere!  Cool!