Greetings from the breakfast table at the castle in Kansas City, MO! We're sitting with our good friend Marianna, who has prepared yet again, another delicious meal that we have thoroughly enjoyed. Yesterday we hit the road from Louisville, made a pit stop at the Gateway to the West in St. Louis, rode the egg pod to the top of the arch, and hopped in the car for Marianna's in Kansas City.
Marianna had informed us that her house was the only one on the street that looked like a castle, and...wow. Such an interesting and awesome house. More awesome still were the people we encountered inside. Marianna had made a delicious meal of chicken marsala, asparagus, and spinach salad, and we sat around the "round table" of the castle with the characters of the castle. We had such a great time with Michelle, Paige, Molly, Madison, Angie, Jake (Montana--holler), and Rachel. After dinner, Marianna introduced us to the best part of Kansas City short of her friends--Peachwave (apparently formerly known as OrangeLeaf...but I guess they turned a new one. Sorry...I had to.).
Yes, this is worthy of a new paragraph. East Coasters, buckle up--Peachwave puts BerryBody to utter shame. Self-serve frozen yogurt with your choice of countless selections (well, maybe 20), that you can mix and swirl and add toppings of your choosing from the smorgasbord of options. Cost is measured in weight (of the ice cream, not yours)--so after Justin added the Reese's cups, pieces, cheesecake bits, cookie dough pieces, and heath bar--his came out to $27.50. Kidding. He did add all of that stuff, but it was still inexpensive and SOOO delicious. I got cheesecake and raspberry flavored yogurt and topped it with fresh raspberries, blackberries, white chocolate chips, and a few cheesecake bites. Mmmmm. Okay, enough on the yogurt. We'll be looking for Peachwaves throughout the reminder of our trip--stay tuned.
Aside from all the deliciousness, we have been so richly blessed with the time we've had at the castle. From deep, refreshing, and encouraging conversation with Marianna, to ridiculous moments of laughter with friends--to which I must offer the sincerest shoutout to Nick, Jonathon, and Aaron--the mermen who live outside and protect the castle (not really). They joined us post-yogurt and brought with them life-changing moments of Disney trivia and encouraging words for our trip to Denver.
I think they went something like this: "As soon as you pull out of Kansas City, you see Denver...and you're like 'I wanna be there now!!!', but no, 8 hours later it starts to get a little bigger on the horizon..." Awesome. Apparently today's drive will be full of...a big bunch of nothin'. Flat-as-a-pancake-midwest-Kansas. Rock on. Thanks for the encouragement and the laughter boys (that goes for Jake too, the incredibly cool accountant from Montana who gave us awesome--and sort of frightening--recommendations about our route to Glacier to include a place offering .35 cent burgers made from...?). Seriously, we had a great time. We have been so blessed by all of you!!!
One last thank you to Marianna for an incredible time. We love you!
Now we're off to pancake land--wait, I can actually see Denver out the window now--AWESOME. Oh well, here's to the day of driving we've been most warned about concerning sheer boredom...stay tuned for riveting videos. (p.s. we had too many awesome ones to share from today, so we settled on a lame one because we couldn't decide...sorry).
Love you guys,
Justin and Lori
Thanks for the heads up about Peachwave!! That's going to have to be added to the fro-yo bucket list! I also enjoyed your clarification on the weight issue haha. Enjoy the drive!
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