Had quite a rainstorm Wed night, but that didn't stop us from finding a golf course to play Thurs in DeSoto - a local course with lots of trees, narrow fairways, island green . Had 8 par 3s, 3 par 5s and 5 par 4s. A 6-some was ahead of us so, we joined up with two local 76+ aged gents. Jac started with a birdie & did great on the par 3s - even hit the island green, but as usual, had trouble on the longer holes ! !

BV did awesome on the longer holes, but the island green %#@% ate his lunch (and about 3 golf balls) ! Narrow fairways lined with trees didn't faze him ! We ended up tying each other with a 79. For those who know golf ranking... this course was a par 66... do the math if you dare !

After golf we went out to explore the area, found out how to get to the Kansas Motor Speedway for Saturday, got onto to the Ft. Leavenworth Military base (after a truck search) and explored the PX. Along the way we drove by the Leavenworth US Penitentiary - home of ex-quarterback Michael Vick of the Atlanta Falcons (in for dog fighting). We didn't stop to visit !!!

Follow-up with us tomorrow - we are going to explore Kauffman BallPark & Arrowhead Stadium...then watch the KC Royals vs Detroit Tigers baseball game along the 3rd base line.