Kansas City to Colorado Springs

In Kansas City we visited the American Jazz Museum and the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum which are connected in the 18th and Vine Historic District. We weren't allowed to take pictures in the museum... But the exhibits here are amazing.

We then had a 12-hour driving day. Taking short shifts made the miles go by much faster. The fields and farms in Kansas are beautiful and interesting...at first. After six to seven hours, they get a little repetetive. Good thing we had our trusty i-pod to keep us going.

There was a huge storm as soon as we reached the Colorado border, so we didn't see the Rocky Mountains until we got up the next morning. What a sight!!! Rugged snow-capped peaks rising from the horizon...Plus, there was snow on the ground so we got a double whammy.

We spent an amazing afternoon at the Garden of the Gods. We arrived just in time to catch a guided nature walk through the park. Then we went to a cliff dwelling used by the Anasazi, ancestors of the modern day Pueblo peoples.