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Meet INresponse GTG April 14th

MooCowWithSpots

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What:

GTG to meet INresponse on his way back home from the NRA meet in St Louis.

Where: 
Hooters of Speedway
1712 Village West Parkway
Kansas City, KS 66111

When:
6:00ish??

Who:
INresponse
Tdybr27
Yndio
Donnie1
liteft01
Fouse
jdmick
Greenage
 
Tdybr27 said:
What:

GTG to meet INresponse on his way back home from the NRA meet in St Louis.

Where:
Hooters of Speedway
1712 Village West Parkway
Kansas City, KS 66111

When:
6:00ish??

Who:
INresponse
Tdybr27
Yndio
Donnie1

Sounds great.  You guys are awesome.  Looks to be about a 4 hours drive and should allow us enough time to get there.  We may even have enough time to stop and let our daughter run around and play a little.
 
:laugh:  :laugh:  :laugh:

The joke may be on you.    :cool:

Soooo, is there a good part of town I would want to stay the night?  And is there a bad part of town I would want to avoid?
 
Hey INresponse... cuttin' thru my home town huh... Sounds like fun.
Be sure to drive thru some puddles for me.

See ya when you get back.

:B:
 
2milnhr said:
Hey INresponse... cuttin' thru my home town huh... Sounds like fun.
Be sure to drive thru some puddles for me.

See ya when you get back.

:B:

Looking forward to it.  I hope it rains lots!!!!  I am so missing the good thunder storms.

Any yards you want me to drive through?  >:D  >:D  >:D
 
Not sure if you're worried about driving after hooters when its later...  But these are the ones that I recommend to everyone staying in KC.  It's right on I-70 on your way out of KC towards St. Louis.  It'd probably take you 45 minutes to drive to these hotels from Hooters.

Not sure your budget, my favorite is the Hilton Garden Inn.  It's attached to the Hereford house, great drinks, ask for Mary Jane (yes that's her name and she is a bartender). 

Hilton Garden Inn
19677 East Jackson Drive, Independence, MO
(816) 350-3000

Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites
19901 E Valleyview Pkwy, Independence, MO
(816) 795-8889


Comfort Suites
19751 E Valleyview Pkwy, Independence, MO
(816) 373-9880
 
If he stays in Independence then we should just meet at Hooters in Independence.  I chose over by the Speedway so the KS people wouldn't have so far to drive this time.
 
Tdybr27 said:
If he stays in Independence then we should just meet at Hooters in Independence.  I chose over by the Speedway so the KS people wouldn't have so far to drive this time.

Not sure where they wanted to stay, those are really the only hotels that I know are easily accessible around I-70.  Anyone else know of hotels by the speedway?
 
Tdybr27 said:
If he stays in Independence then we should just meet at Hooters in Independence.? ?I chose over by the Speedway so the KS people wouldn't have so far to drive this time.

KC Dent, thanks for the info, it is appreciated.  I am fine with stopping on the Kansas side and staying around there.  As long as there are good neighborhoods on the 'east side'.  Is the Hooters speedway a good area?
 
INresponse said:
KC Dent, thanks for the info, it is appreciated.  I am fine with stopping on the Kansas side and staying around there.  As long as there are good neighborhoods on the 'east side'.  Is the Hooters speedway a good area?

I'm not sure, never been over in that area.  It is all basically brand new.  I think the speedway was put in about 5 or 6 years ago.
 
There are a couple of hotels right in the speedway area.  I'm off work tomorrow and will check them out and post them for you.  Right now the only one that comes to mind is the Great Wolf Lodge 913-299-7001 or 913-334-1657.  It might be a little pricey for a one night stay.
 
liteft01 said:
There are a couple of hotels right in the speedway area.? I'm off work tomorrow and will check them out and post them for you.? Right now the only one that comes to mind is the Great Wolf Lodge 913-299-7001 or 913-334-1657.? It might be a little pricey for a one night stay.

liteft01,  Thank you, I would appreciate a couple pointers.  I am not personally opposed to Great Wolf Lodge, but if my daughter sees it I will not be able to leave without her being mad at me.  Getting there after dinner and leaving brite and early would not be productive.

 
Dang! It'll be cool meeting you INresponse but KS is quite a hike for me.  Maybe i'll se ya @ Nationals or Mayhem!
 
Greenage,  That Hampton Inn looks pretty good, close to I-70.  I may check a couple others, but that is in the lead right now.

Thanks.

BlueDevil said:
Dang! It'll be cool meeting you INresponse but KS is quite a hike for me. Maybe i'll se ya @ Nationals or Mayhem!

I will be at Nationals.  I see Quincy on the map, still quite a drive but we will be meeting MyBigToy in the St Louis area on Wednesday, April 11th, for dinner somewhere. 

Monday, April 2, I will be cruising east on I-80 heading towards mommy in Michigan, not stopping though, anxious to get home.  :love:

But, there will be Nationals.  :B:
 
OK, here we go...there are 4 hotels at the Speedway.

First up, Great Wolf Lodge....already nixed that one.

Second, Chateau Avalon, mmmm, I'm gonna guess you're not looking for a $250 a night romantic get away.  I could be wrong, if I am, let me know I'll get the number.

Third, Hampton Inn, 1400 Village West Pkwy, right across from Great Wolf, even has fake timber exterior to look like the great wolf.  913-328-1400.

Four, Holiday Inn Express, 1931 Prairie Crossing St (I-435 and Parallel), north east end of the shopping center.  913-328-1024.  A little tricky to get to off the interstate, but do-able, close to Hooters (easy access to and from).  Easy access getting back on I-435.


Now then, 10 minutes further west on I-70 in Bonner Springs (I-70 and 7 hi-way), right off the interstate.....easy access to and from I-70.


Another Holiday Inn Express, 13031 Ridge Dr.  913-721-5300.  Newer building, but not as big.

And a Super 8 Motel, 13041 Ridge Ave, 913-721-3877, brand new...so new I had to ask if they were open for business.

Even though one is Ridge Dr and the other Ridge Ave., they are right next to each other??  Got me.....

On the way to the Speedway you will pass two hotels around 58th and 78th and I-70....stay away....be very afraid!  But seriously, the one on 78th has been on the news a couple of times for bodies found in the parking lot.

Hope this helps, counting down the days til the 14th.
 
liteft01,? ?Thank you very much.? Great information and obviously you put in some real effort to get me the information.? I like the idea of Super 8 being so new you had to ask if they were open.? We will check it out.? ?

And the heads up about the hotels with frequent dead people hanging around, very helpful, we will stay away.? That is very good information and why I asked for the areas to avoid.?

Thanks again.

See you soon,? first round is on me.  (edit---remind me though, I may be tired by then  :cool: )
 
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