Cycling the Katy Trail
I am cycling across the Katy Trail State Park in Missouri. At 240 miles, the largest rail-trail in US!
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Along the way, I make several stops along the way at various bike-friendly eateries, bikes shops, wineries, brew pubs and much more! The eastern starting point is the town of Machens. My first stop is in the town of St. Charles at the Bike Stop Cafe and Outpost. I then work my way eastward to the town of Defiance where I met with Katy Bike Rental owner, Todd White. I then continue through the towns of Augusta and Dutzow, working my way into the towns of Hermann for part 2 of this series.
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KATY trail bike ride -- MO river
Missouri River along the KATY trail
Katy Trail Bike Ride in 2004
Picture from my very first long distance organized bicycle ride from way back in 2004. It is one of my most memorable and favorite bike rides.
Katy Trail bike ride time lapse
Time lapse of me Riding from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. to Creve Coeur lake park via the Katy Trail and Creve Coeur lake trails.
Took about 50 minuets maintaining about 15mph on the straights. Top speed was about 23mph and got to about 18mph on the paved trails on the Creve Coeur Trails.
I'm using my Treck 4300 (something around there) Mountain Bike with 24 speeds.
Rocheport's Katy Trail Bed & Breakfast: Katy Trail Boxcar Guesthouse / Cottage
All aboard the Katy Boxcar! This is another panorama view of the Katy Trail Boxcar Guesthouse / Cottage at the Katy Trail Bed & Breakfast in Rocheport, Missouri. We are located on the Katy Trail State Park. This room is a perfect, large open space with private bath/shower. It can located right on the Katy Trail, so you can watch bikers go by on the Katy Trail. There's a fire pit, BBQ grill and picnic tables right out front. We are located near Columbia, Missouri - an easy 2 hour drive from Kansas City and St. Louis. This is a perfect perch for your next Missouri daytrip, wine country vacation, family vacation, college reunion, girls getaway weekend, family reunion or Katy Trail adventure!
Day 6 on the Katy Trail - Augusta to St Charles video update
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KLONDIKE PARK, Augusta, MO, RV ADVENTURE
Our visit to Klondike Park in Augusta, MO.
Park was brand new just a few years ago and is still in very nice shape. This park only allows tent camping - no RV's. However, there is free boon docking just 1 mile away at the boat launch adjacent to the river and Katy Trail. The park also has great paved and groomed bicycle trails and walking trails. We will be back to ride on the trails
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Lewis & Clark Cave, Missouri River stop, south of Rocheport, Missouri
Lewis & Clark Cave, south of Rocheport, Missouri. One of my favorite spots on our stretch of the Missouri River. This is also right on the Katy Trail. River was at 11 feet on the Boonville gage. You can still make out faint pictographs at this spot. A historic marker at the spot tells the story well. Cave is on private property, so we don't go in... but I like to stop here for the view and to see the pictographs when guiding trips with Mighty MO Canoe Rentals in Rocheport - mighty-mo.com. April 14, 2012.
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Even situation comedies, starting in the 1970s with The Mary Tyler Moore Show and going all the way to Friends, feature endearing single women in the dating trenches, and there's supposed to be something romantic and even heroic about their search for true love. Of course, the crucial difference is that, whereas the earlier series begins after Mary has been jilted by her fiancé, the more modern-day Friends opens as Rachel Green leaves her nice-guy orthodontist fiancé at the altar simply because she isn't feeling it. But either way, in episode after episode, as both women continue to be unlucky in love, settling starts to look pretty darn appealing. Mary is supposed to be contentedly independent and fulfilled by her newsroom family, but in fact her life seems lonely. Are we to assume that at the end of the series, Mary, by then in her late 30s, found her soul mate after the lights in the newsroom went out and her work family was disbanded? If her experience was anything like mine or that of my single friends, it's unlikely.
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