Crossing the Mississippi River into Missouri was significant for Mrs. Martin and her crew.
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Low and Slow: One Day in Kansas City
The Outlaw and Aileen: You stole this car. Whispering into Aileen�s ear was a long-haired hippy dude in a sleeveless leather biker jacket at the BP station in Kansas City, Mo. Incredulous that Mrs. Martin was gotten on eBay for $2500, biker dude kept shaking his head saying Whoa. Sitting shotgun Aileen ran interference with him as I pumped gas while talking to the biker sidekick now shouting, You stole this car! We were minutes from airtime on Kansas City�s KCUR, the NPR affiliate station. Mrs. Martin�s latest admirers holding us back.
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With a third of the country behind them the Low and Slow Tour duo broke bread with Commissioner Stephen Miller, who presides as Chairman, Missouri's Transportation Commission. Radio interview, bridge and street car construction project tours made for an packed two days.
Photo by Dan McNichol / ENR
