Day Trips® from Kansas City Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler

Getaway Ideas for the Local Traveler Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with this fun and friendly guide. For local travelers seeking new adventures in their own backyards as well as for vacationers looking to experience all the excitement the area has to offer, each Day Trips guide offers hundreds of activities to do, sights to see, and secrets to discover within a two- to three-hour drive and a route map for each itinerary. Complete with full trip-planning information including where to go, what to see, where to eat, where to shop as well as where to stay options for those who want to extend their Day Trip into a weekend. In Spring 2012 we are proud to be publishing six all new guides The Carolinas, New Jersey, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Tampa and St. Petersburg, and the Twin Citiesas well as an updated edition of Day Trips from Kansas City.

Based in the Kansas City area, Diana Lambdin Meyer is an award-winning travel journalist who has made a career of finding the fun, the quirky and the hidden treasures in any place she visits around the world.  Fortunately, Kansas and Missouri are filled with such places and people, many of whom she met through her long-time friendship with the late Shifra Stein, the original author of Day Trips from Kansas City. Diana is also the author of Nebraska Off The Beaten Path and Myths and Mysteries of Kansas (both Globe Pequot).