Going to Kansas City (July 2004)

All Fired Up is a paint-it-yourself pottery shop in Overland Park, Kan. seen here July 22, 2004.

The camera was too focused on the posters on the back door while Bethany enjoys coffee.

Taking a moment to ponder why Rodin's "The Thinker" is such a masterpiece at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo. July 24, 2004.

My former college roommate Bethany disobeys museum rules as she attempts to touch one of the shuttlecocks in the sculpture garden at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo. July 23, 2004.

One of the many buildings at the Old Shawnee Mission in Shawnee, Kan. July 22, 2004.

This is the front entrance of Union Station/Science City in Kansas City, Mo. on July 23, 2004. Union Station is a former train station that still hosts a train museum. It is connected with the Hallmark Crown Center.

Trying to play badminton with such big shuttlecocks is not an easy task at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City, Mo. July 23, 2004.

Patrons were dancing to the sounds of Latin jazz at the American Jazz Museum in Kansas City, Mo. July 24, 2004. The museum was celebrating the opening of the an exhibit detailing works of Latinos in New York City.