RON HENGGELER

October 24, 2011
A visit to Kansas City for Dad's 80th birthday

Last week, Dave and I flew to Kansas City to visit my parents and brothers, and attend a surprise 80th birthday party for my Dad.
Here are a few photos taken the day before the flight, during flight, and in Kansas City.

Francisco sleeping on the printer's paper tray

On the way to the Murphy Windmill . . . John Kennedy Drive in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, near the Portals of the Past.

In San Francisco, the Great Highway along Ocean Beach as seen from Sutro Heights at dusk.

Sutro Heights

A view of San Francisco from above SFO

San Francisco just minutes after leaving SFO bound for Kansas City.

The foothills of the California Sierra Mountains.

Detail of the top of Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Detail of the sphinx, on the left side of the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Detail of the frieze on the face of Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Missouri.

Detail of a fountain in the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.

Volker Fountain at the J.C. Plaza in Kansas City

Detail of a mural in Kansas City, Missouri . . . near the Union Station.

The ceiling inside the historic Union Station, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Kansas City Missouri, with the historic Union Station on the bottom right.

Liberty Memorial and the entrance to the National World War One Museum, in Kansas City, Missouri.

The Colorado Rocky Mountains, seen during the return flight to San Francisco, from Kansas City.

The California Sierra Mountains, seen during the return flight to San Francisco, from Kansas City.

The desalination ponds viewed during the descent and approach to SFO, returning to San Francisco, from Kansas City.

 

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