Dates: June 29, 2024
Meets: Sa from 7:30 AM to 9:30 PM
Location: MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Registration Fee: $189.00
There are still openings remaining at this time.
Requirement: moderate walking
The barbeque craze in Kansas City began with Henry Perry back in the 1920’s
when he began barbequing in an outdoor pit serving slabs of goodness wrapped in
newspaper. Since then, barbeque in K.C. has become an institution with a rich
history of folks drawn in by the smoky aroma of meat tendering in a pit. Savor a
BBQ meal within the heart of this great city at noon. Then learn about how the
Great War had on the global community at the WWI Museum which has been
declared the best in the nation in remembering and interpretating the events at the
turn of the last century. Next, the charmingly nostalgic Union Station will impress
upon you the importance of railroads throughout the history of this cosmopolitan
center. Later in the afternoon, the intriguing town of Weston has one-of-a-kind
shops in a historical setting offering unique, collectible, and artistic items that
cannot be found in regular shopping malls. End your day with sampling wine!
Pirtle Winery has a passion for winemaking worth enjoying.
The cost paid to MCC is for deluxe motorcoach transportation, the BBQ luncheon
(including tax and gratuity), the WWI Museum and Union Station, plus the winery
fee. Bring money, including cash, for other food and shopping. Feel free to bring
coffee/beverages/snacks aboard the motorcoach for the morning drive. A coffee/
restroom stop is scheduled for the morning journey. A stop will be made for fastfood before returning to campus. Our deluxe motor coach departs promptly at 7:30
a.m. from Sarpy Center; park and meet the bus in the northeast parking lot. Return
is approximately 9:30 p.m. The trip leader is Kevin Kowskie. Ages 21+
Notes:
| Fee: | $189.00 |
|---|---|
| Hours: | 14.00 |
| CEUs: | 1.40 |
MCC Sarpy Center Parking Lot
Kevin Kowskie
Kevin Kowskie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha. He is passionate about travel and art. His artwork has been displayed at the College of St. Mary’s, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, the Durham Museum and has been included in a group show at the Joslyn Art Museum. Kowskie’s love for foreign travel and cultural enrichment goes back as far as he can remember. While traveling with his family to Rocky Mountain National Park as a child, he developed a keen desire to expand his journeys to distant lands, and the rest was history. After traveling through much of the United States as he got older, this ambition drew him to expand his travels on an international scale—discovering destinations in Canada, Mexico and a dozen European nations. In his early thirties, Kevin and a friend devoted two weeks every year to backpacking through Europe and visiting different nations and destinations via train. He loves encountering new cultures and meeting people from diverse backgrounds. After someone suggested to him that Omaha would appreciate seminars on European travel, Kowskie followed his passion to become a noncredit instructor on the subject for MCC. Planning, organizing and leading group tours are part of his favorite pastimes. Kowskie is currently a trip leader and coordinator for MCC’s Traveling Classrooms, sharing his experience and knowledge as part of the motivated Continuing Education staff.
