I am the kind of parent that childless people hate. I take my kids to hip restaurants and am not deterred by the complete lack of booster seats, high chairs, or chicken fingers on the menu. I am simply not content to while away my weekends at home or limit our outings to places that have designated stroller parking. I wheel our mammoth double wide into petite boutiques and carry my cooing baby into austere galleries. We boldly go where no family unit has gone before.

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4th May 2011

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Lookout at Case Park: Downtown KC Sweet Spot #9.

Downtown Sweet Spot #9: Clark’s Point at Case Park (8th & Jefferson).

On September 15, 1806, Lewis and Clark stood on a high bluff and surveyed the vast Missouri River Valley. Lewis noted that it would be a “commanding situation for a fort.”

A fort of sorts occupies the site today: the notoriously exclusive River Club, built in the 1940’s for the city’s power elite. 

Fortunately for the masses, a slightly shabby public park surrounds the club, making the historic lookout a spot that can be enjoyed by all.

So take in the views and fancy yourself a bold explorer, or perhaps a moneyed mover and shaker.   Tip:  The lookout is a great location for weather enthusiasts to view incoming storms.

Case In Point: I snapped this photo from the lookout of a 2008 fire that was started by a lightening:

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