Hello Missouri ~ The Show Me State

Missouri ~ The Show Me State A speech by Congressman Willard Vandiver in 1899, who declared that "I come from a state that raises corn and cotton, cockleburs and Democrats, and frothy eloquence neither convinces nor satisfies me. I'm from Missouri, and you have got to show me." A Bright FutureMissouri has a great agricultural tradition. This state is home to nearly 95,000 farmers. Missouri's top commodities include soybeans, corn, cattle, hogs & turkeys.

LOVE the signs in Missouri!

Ain't it the truth We are Loving the signs throughout Missouri

PrayingWhat you never want to see while on the road. God Bless our Truckers.
Home for the next 3 nights.

 Wait - I thought we were in Missouri.....  LoL

Staying in Odessa, Mo puts us that close to Kansas so off we go to see what we can see. YesWe found a vineyard that was open.

Father & Daughter growing power.The vineyard is planted with Native American and French Hybrid varieties. Founded by Les & Michelle Meyer (father & daughter), the first vines were planted in 1986 and have grown to include over 12,000 vines Had a great visit with Dawn who poured us some delicious wines of Holy-Field. We came home with a nice Seyval to enjoy somewhere along our journey.

NascarWhy not - since we come from Nascar country, we thought it fitting to drive by the Speedway in Kansas. This place is huge. Kansas Speedway We weren't getting any closer - Thanks Covid

We found a place that is more our style....

We were recommended to visit this little historic town & so glad we ventured this way. No WayTurn the corner to go into the town & this is the first place we see.... Benner B&BWish we had booked a room to spend the night.

Funny Scott

JailThe original jail building from 1880

Just a little fun

Can you imagine the Mayor standing up on the balcony talking to the town

Fall Time OscailteI will admit, I wanted to go in to see the beautiful clothes from Ireland but what a surprise we got when we went inside.

Oh my!  What did we find in the back of the store...

Our happy place!

A Snug Pub ~ Say it ain't soAre you familiar with this room? Let me explain: The “snug”, is typically a small, very private room with access to the bar that has a frosted glass external window, set above head height. You used to pay a higher price for your beer in the Snug, but nobody could look in and see you. It was not only the well off visitors who would use these rooms. The snug was for patrons who preferred not to be seen in the public bar. Ladies would often enjoy a private drink in the snug in a time when it was frowned upon for ladies to be in a pub. The local garda would nip in for a quiet pint, the parish priest for his evening whiskey, and lovers would use the snug for their clandestine visits..

Oh so YummyAn Irish Mule for Scottyb & A Black Walnut Old Fashioned for JP

So at home

Great Irish music playing So goodWe decided to purchase the walnut & orange bitters for our future Old Fashions ~ Yea

Love the Old feel Weston's Watch Dog......

EntranceLove the new entrance bumped out in front of the old building.

As one of the locals said to me - Weston can be magical ~

Interesting I believe this is the way to go.......

Is that Scott getting into the truckSaying a prayer for safe travels. So wish this was open - well, maybe not.O'Malley's doesn't open till 5 - see we should have got a room at the Benner House! What - right next door to O'Malley'sTrouble - only if we didn't have to drive.

Who's laughing????

Thought that we would stop by and say a quick prayer, but....

Turns out this is a winery!This renovated church is a former Lutheran Evangelical Church that was built by German immigrants in 1867.

Bummer this establishment wasn't open.Thanks Covid Holladay Distillerywould have been beautiful to sit outside and enjoy the grounds. A Fantastic ConceptEmbracing, Enhancing, and Supporting the Lives of Youth and Adults with Developmental Disabilities. Artiststhe kids that work here paint there own fence stick.....

A fun day exploring a fun town ~ i'm sure there is many more in Missouri but we gotta go onto Kansas!