When we travel to an area that has professional baseball we try to get tickets at a reasonable price to see a game.  With Kansas City in town for a series Jeanne hoped to get us tickets.  It was not to be.  Best she could do, without putting us in the I can’t see the ball when they pitch bleachers, was tickets for $240.  Rather absurd in my opinion.  Sometimes I feel that I am losing touch with reality and this is one of those occasions.  Back in the 70s I could take the whole family (6 of us) to a ball game at Fenway, including the parking and food, for less than $200.  Maybe that helps explain why today’s children spend so much time playing video games.  Only the very wealthy can afford to expose their children to entertainment outside the home.

There is good value to be found in the Presidential Libraries Pass.  For a one time fee of $30.00 Jeanne & I are able to visit the libraries free of charge.  So on this day we are off to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum.

The Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum is the presidential library and resting place of Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States (1945–1953), located on U.S. Highway 24 in Independence, Missouri. It was the first presidential library to be created under the provisions of the 1955 Presidential Libraries Act, and is one of thirteen presidential libraries administered by the National Archives and Records Administration.