We were really looking forward to our visit to the Independence-Kansas City area. From the little bit of pre-visit research I had done I knew we’d find quite a few things to keep us busy. Finding neat things to do in a new city is rarely a problem, usually our biggest concern is finding a safe and reasonably priced place to park our rig. Over the years we’ve been able to hone our system for selecting an RV park.
Not that it always works out well—we’ve certainly found ourselves in a few less than satisfactory places. Thankfully, our chosen spot in Independence was just our kind of park: great location, reasonable rates, clean facilities, and best of all it was run by some real nice folks.
The comfortable facilities combined with the incredible diversity of curiosities to explore convinced us to extend our stay. I think it safe to say that we are history buffs not in the dress-in-period-clothing-and-reenact-events way but in the learning-about-the-past-enhances-our-understanding-of-the-world way.
We covered a lot of ground during our stay (both literally and figuratively) and though the stories are diverse and span well over a hundred years we found some commonalities running through them. The characters we encountered share some traits that we admire: moxie and industriousness.








