> We're looking at hotels and trying to find one that's reasonably placed > and priced. The problem with KC proper is that a lot of it is, well... > you will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villiany. Maybe *chuckle* It's hard to spend time in KC, or have friends there, and not hear eventually about what a cesspool downtown/central is. > not that bad, but we'll probably end up with a hotel in one of the > suburbs, which means driving a bit. (Which isn't bad... I was looking The best access to downtown IIRC is going to be from the Kansas side, viz. Overland or Olathe. (Provided construction isn't too bad.) I agree in principle that you have to drive... and drive... and drive... to get anywhere in that town! *sigh* At least it's not as bad as California, SoCal particularly... > at the map and realized when I stayed with friends there, they live in > one of the suburbs furthest from downtown KC, and half of what we were > doing was in downtown. It means a bit of driving, but it's not painful > driving.) Heh. Enjoy your trip. 'Course there are lots of neat places to go within a couple of hours' drive, but... -- Ben Henick Web Author At-Large Managing Editor http://www.io.com/persist1/ http://www.digital-web.com/ persist1@io.com bmh@digital-web.com -- "Are you pondering what I'm pondering, Pinky?" "I think so, Brain, but... (snort) no, no, it's too stupid." "We will disguise ourselves as a cow." "Oh!" (giggles) "That was it exactly!" ---------------------------------------------------------------- GAMERS Home Page: http://www.phoenyx.net/gamers/
