Finally, here is the start of the vacation posts! I had this post all ready to go, then Blogger lost it! Ugh!

This year, we kept up a tradition that was started on our trip to Memphis & Nashville last year.

Bathroom Pictures!

Not disgusting bathroom pictures, just pictures of us…in the bathrooms…

You may still be wondering why, so here are the pictures from last year that started it all!

No, you aren’t hallucinating. That is a restaurant booth. Inside a bathroom stall. I wish I knew what they were thinking when they decided that this would be a good idea. :)

Unfortunately, this year we didn’t get any super exciting bathroom pictures, but we have had fun going back through all of them and laughing about the fact that we actually took pictures of ourselves in the bathrooms!

Alrighty, here we go!

1st stop-Perry, Oklahoma

2nd stop-1st McDonald’s on the Kansas turnpike

Laughed out loud when I saw this purse. Had to share it with all of you! :) I also saw a super hot cowboy, but couldn’t get any pictures. Sorry :(

Last stop before KC-Emporia, KS

We got to our hotel around 3:00 to find that it was under renovation. The fact that we had to enter through a little side door should’ve been our first clue to run away screaming. We didn’t. We also learned VERY quickly that anything that anyone told us was more of a suggestion, not necessarily the truth. We chose the hotel because it said that we would have free breakfast and a refrigerator and microwave in our room. We didn’t want to have to eat out every meal, so we had planned to make sandwiches or something for lunch and eat breakfast in the hotel. That wasn’t exactly the case. By saying ‘free breakfast’, they actually meant that the teeny tiny yogurt and cereal breakfast was actually $8. Also, you could have a refrigerator and microwave in the room…for $10 EACH!

Now, Momma and I aren’t demanding divas that have to have things a certain way, but we would’ve been a little more prepared if we had known this ahead of time. The hotel’s response? "We have made some changes and just haven’t updated the website. Enjoy your stay!"

After unloading the car, we went downstairs to look at KC maps and to figure out what we were going to do during the daytime. While we were there, we watched two women complain to two managers about the hotel. They said that the leaves that had just blown in the door were disgusting, and the construction materials in the hallways were unacceptable. They didn’t want to even see any signs of renovation while they were there. They hadn’t even been in their rooms yet! They ended up getting moved to another area of the hotel and were given vouchers for free meals, and more than likely ended up getting at least part of their stay free. The whole time I was thinking ‘Who do you think you are? You aren’t celebrities. You aren’t staying in a super, ridiculously fancy hotel. They are doing renovation! COME ON!’ We had construction going on right outside our door and literally had to step over Bob the Builder or Handy Manny nearly every time we went in or out of the room!

Ok, my rant is over now! :) We decided on Cheesecake Factory for dinner! After circling the restaurant about four times and accidentally going in a maintenance parking garage, we found a place to park!

We had AMAZING wild blueberry white chocolate cheesecake! Yummers!

Cheesecake Factory had a nice bathroom! :)

We walked around the Plaza for a bit. It was really pretty out there!

We were exhausted from the drive, so decided to just go back to the hotel and relax. We ended up spending the evening with these guys!

More to come soon!