The Munce Family: Munstream.advenure: Missouri!

After a series of events, we landed in Missouri for our first official camping trip of 2023. Wallace State Park is about 45 minutes from Kansas City and we had a week of fun. We arrived on Sunday and had a quick campsite dinner before going for a pajama sunset (snakes and all) hike. We came back and had a campfire which was when I discovered a glitch in the Airstream…some of our electrical items weren't functioning properly, including some light switches and our THERMOSTAT (oh no!!). We looked ahead and found outings with water options (there was a small lake at the campsite but because of the snake we saw earlier in the evening, that was not an option). It's worth mentioning that our campsite was pretty sun soaked, so sticking around sounded really dreadful. We were fortunate to have temps in the 60s in the evenings which cooled the camper enough for sleep.

Our modified camping week looks like this:

We spent Monday at Oceans of Fun in a cabana and enjoyed the pools and slides, and the lawn chair slowdown in the afternoon. There is no shortage of snacks, soda, $16 cans of wine, and everything else that makes a water park fun. Good thing that sort of fun is in Dave’s wheelhouse because I could skip them every time. The kids loved it and had an absolute blast.

On Tuesday we drove to St. Louis to catch a Cardinals interstate rival game vs. the Royals with Stacy and her family. The game was so fun and extra special to see it with the Winters crew. It was a major highlight- Cardinals won!

Wednesday- Sully’s 11th! We had all of Sully’s favorite things for breakfast…poached eggs, texas toast, and crepes. We hung around Stacy’s house for the morning and had a dessert lunch including a bare cookie cake and molten brownies (again :)). We hit the road at 2 and stopped for some birthday tennis shoes, a FaceTime chat with Lor and stopped for dinner at the Red Shanty in Higginsville, which was a top notch experience for all with an emphasis on the ooey goey butter cake. We celebrated Sully again around the campfire where he opened his gift and we enjoyed cooler temps as we crawled into our hot Airstream.

Thursday fun included another cabana but this time it was at the Elms Hotel in Excelsior Springs, MO (ironically the same one I met my college girls at in March). We enjoyed a hot day in the water, snacking and relaxing before a dinner and then back to the camper.

Friday was our final day, we spent it at the World War 1 museum in Kansas City for lunch and then made our way to Country Club Plaza for some shopping a ‘not mad hour’ it was intended to be a happy hour, but it wasn’t quit that…the bar tender was in a bad mood and so were the kids :). We were in good shape after ice cream and ready to get back to start the packing process.

All in all, it was a great week with fun adventures, and urban camping trip, so to speak. We are in a sweet spot with the kids, they are all capable of most things, and still young enough to like hanging out with us. This camping/life season is 10/10. We are definitely made the most of it.

Now we need to manage our electrical issue… hoping for a quick fix!