The campground we stayed at was a city park in Independence. Small but nice. A good price with our Escapees discount. While in Kansas City we knew we had to check out the BBQ. After all, we all know North Carolina has the best BBQ in the world. Right!!!
So, we looked up the "best" in KC and decided on Gates BBQ. Gates has been around for more years than I've been alive. When we walked in we were greeted with a LOUD "Hi, May I help you?". The counter person yells this to everyone as they enter. I think she yelled it about every 15 seconds the entire time we were waiting for our order. We ordered a platter called a Four Bone. This included 4 BBQ pork ribs, beef brisket, smoked ham along with 2 sides and white loaf bread for $19.95. Plenty of food for the two of us to share. After paying the cashier we maneuvered our way through the crowd to find a seat. I must say if you like beef brisket, something I don't see that much of in NC BBQ restaurants, Gates sure does it right. It was moist and tender. They had three kinds of sauce to use if you wanted. The Original, Sweet and Smokey and also a very Hot. It was OK, but a little salty for my taste. The beef didn't really need the sauce the taste was excellent as it was. The ribs were good but I still think Texas Roadhouse does them better. The smoked ham was easily forgettable. I really liked their baked beans and potato salad. Other than being yelled at when we entered (and hearing it for everyone else that entered too), the experience was very good. We even had enough left over to enjoy it again for lunch the next day.
We left KC on Monday to travel further north. Thru Missouri and went most of the way through Iowa before stopping for the night in South Sioux City, Nebraska. We learned that Verizon doesn't have much presence in western Iowa. While there were the occasional cell tower on I-29 none of them seemed to be Verizon. We checked out a couple of campgrounds along the way but didn't stop because the cell signal in the area was so weak. I need a reasonable strength signal so I can log in and work. Finally after about 300 miles we stopped in Sioux City Iowa. After calling the campground we learned it was across the Missouri River in Nebraska. After crossing the bridge we found the campground right on the river. The cell signal was OK..fairly strong but not broadband fast. Adequate for the job but definitely slower than I like. The campground is another City park and the best price we've paid for a while. $17.00 for water and electric. And we're parked about 75 feet from, facing the river. We can look out the living room window to see what is happening on the water. Several people have been fishing from the bank and we've watched boats and an occasional jet ski too. Pretty cool!!!
The river is running fast and has some debris. I'm guessing because of the flooding that has been occurring.
Along the way north we saw quite a few flooded areas in Iowa. Even 1 exit from I-29 was closed due to the water being across the road. There were lots of corn fields with standing water. This part of Iowa doesn't appear to be as hard hit as Cedar Rapids and the towns along the Mississippi in the eastern part of the state. But still you can really see the evidence of all of the rain that has occurred.
Today we went to another BBQ restaurant that has a good reputation in Missouri and Iowa. Dave's Famous BBQ in Sioux City. Again we ordered a platter to share. This one had 3 BBQ pork ribs, Georgia chopped pork and beef brisket. It also came with corn on the cob, baked beans, potato salad, french frys, corn bread and for desert Strawberry Shortcake. Wow!!! A feast for $15.99. It was good but overall we decided we liked Gates better. I did like the sauce better. Not so salty.
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