Kansas City BBQ!

Hello Everyone (This is Gunnar)

I am crashing Anna's blog in order to give a quick photo log of my trip to KC. Sorry, I am not going to take the care that Anna does in preparing this! You may or may not know, but over the last two years I have made six trips to Kansas City to pursue a doctoral degree. This was my last trip for some time now...until hopefully next year when I defend my dissertation. Anna insisted that I take some pictures this trip....so I did one afternoon very hastily for you all! They are in no particular order....

First, check out the gas prices! Isn't it just wrong that I think $3.62 is cheap?




This the sign that leads you into the seminary.....



Take another look at those gas prices.....boy, don't we wish! :)




The same sign...okay, I accidentally uploaded the gas and sign picture twice....sorry! I told you Anna does this better!




The best think about Kansas City is the BBQ...in six trips I have put away about 14 "Texas Hots"! This is the absolute best spicy pork burger you will ever taste! This trip was a little hard as I felt really convicted to exercise after eating them and watching the Olympics!




It is pretty green there....kind of weird....




This is the "Smokehouse" the BBQ joint where I get my eats in KC!! Mmmmm.....notice the little pig in the picture...that is how I feel after every trip to KC!




The "Texas Hot"! This is not for the weak-willed vegetarian. In fact, when I ordered my second one ever, I asked the guy to only put one patty of pork on it. His response was, "Deal with it, they come with two." Since then, my stomach has dealt with it just fine....





This is the school house....where it all happens. I usually pound a ton of Starbucks on these trips!!


This is the campus...I seriously think they mow the grass all day everyday during the summer to keep up.



The dorms....freezing inside...they are not afraid to run the AC full blast all the time....



Geese. I hate geese, they are mean to me. These are pretty cool as they are migrating to and from somewhere (please don't ask me where to and from)....seems they are here every summer.




Kids, don't try this at home. A self-portrait while driving....notice though, I was not talking on my cell phone so totally legit.




This is my apartment...second floor, reminds me of barracks, but nicer.




This is the library....I try to avoid this place, well except for Thursday afternoon when it is time to print my boarding pass to fly home!



I was trying to take a picture of the fountain....apparantly KC has a ton of them, but I never have enough time to explore....the Starbucks is just on the right side of the picture out of view....



Starbucks dead center, but you can't see it as it is inside the "Price Chopper"!




Another shot of the Kohen Myers Building of Evangelism or something. It is named after two medical missionaries who were shot to death a few years back in Africa....