Katy Trail Forum

I was on the Katy Trail today between Mokane and Portland in the afternoon. It was an incredibly beautiful day for a ride. Every time I ride on the trail, I see something new. Today I saw goats on the trail. That was a first for me. Has anyone else seen goats on the trail?

I didn't know they could ride bicycles!

Probably just Mountain Goats on Mountain bikes.

Klondike park camps grounds and cabins book very earlies in the fall. Plan ahead

Klondike park camps grounds and cabins book very earlies in the fall. Plan ahead

just waited several minutes for our order to be taken at drive up. there was only 1 customer inside & 5 employees. ordered bbq wings and as always they didn't have any made. had to wait 10 min. got order home only to discover we had wings but no bbq. spoke with shift manager (mary) on the phone who didn't seem too concerned. offered me a few bisquits to make up for the fact I had to drive all the way back(a total of a 20 min. trip plus time inside) I asked for the owners name & phone number and she gave me an 800 survey number. Took my name because she wanted to make sure the owner knew I'd been taken care of. Every time we go there they have no wings cooked. This manager did not satisfy the fact I had to use my time & gas to get what I ordered 30 min earlier. I will never go back

just waited several minutes for our order to be taken at drive up. there was only 1 customer inside & 5 employees. ordered bbq wings and as always they didn't have any made. had to wait 10 min. got order home only to discover we had wings but no bbq. spoke with shift manager (mary) on the phone who didn't seem too concerned. offered me a few bisquits to make up for the fact I had to drive all the way back(a total of a 20 min. trip plus time inside) I asked for the owners name & phone number and she gave me an 800 survey number. Took my name because she wanted to make sure the owner knew I'd been taken care of. Every time we go there they have no wings cooked. This manager did not satisfy the fact I had to use my time & gas to get what I ordered 30 min earlier. I will never go back

Hhmmmm......unbelievable.



Contact PETA.....they'll put some pressure on em.

Hhmmmm......unbelievable.



Contact PETA.....they'll put some pressure on em.

I guess we're not even going to pretend this is forum for things related to the Katy Trail anymore........

I guess we're not even going to pretend this is forum for things related to the Katy Trail anymore........

I guess we're not even going to pretend this is a forum for things related to the Katy Trail anymore........

I guess we're not even going to pretend this is a forum for things related to the Katy Trail anymore........

Actually, this might show the anonymous poster that the manager cares even more than the average trail user. Ray, please delete this nonsense.

Actually, this might show the anonymous poster that the manager cares even more than the average trail user. Ray, please delete this nonsense.

Stayed July 27th 2009. I was met by Dorian (owner out of burg) The food was great. Had the whole place to my self. Nice to a have access to a clothes washer as I was packing light for the ride from Kansas to the Arch. Asked for a 6am breakfast and Dorian had it ready. I was on the Trail by 0620. Lucky Dorain had the key to the camping store. Was able to get a cold coke. Good stop....curt Thanks for letting me stay

Stayed July 27th 2009. I was met by Dorian (owner out of burg) The food was great. Had the whole place to my self. Nice to a have access to a clothes washer as I was packing light for the ride from Kansas to the Arch. Asked for a 6am breakfast and Dorian had it ready. I was on the Trail by 0620. Lucky Dorain had the key to the camping store. Was able to get a cold coke. Good stop....curt Thanks for letting me stay

We hit a few heavy storms between St Charles and Hermann on Saturday, but the weather was cool and conducive to making good time. That part of the trail is in great shape and we had a good time. Augusta has a great rest stop with bike supplies, but that was about it the rest of the ride. We had a good lunch in Dutzow, but places to eat seemed far and few between. Make sure you bring a lot of water for yourself.



The trail between Hermann and JC was a bit rougher, but not that bad at all, really. The sun came out and so did the wind. Riding East to West is NOT recommended. Makes the trip a lot tougher. I also made the mistake of putting everything in my camelbak, and not using racks. This put a lot of extra weight on my tender parts and I got pretty sore, although I was using a cyclocross race bike with a lightweight saddle. Even one of those racks that clamps to your seatpost would have been a welcome addition. They sold those in Augusta, but I wasn't as sore quite yet.



There isn't much between Hermann and JC to eat, we stopped at a bar in Tebbetts, and had some ok food. At least it was cheap and there was Powerade.



Next time we plan on going West to East, and I'll be using a rack!

thanks for the good report.

How strong was the wind when you rode? I'm riding from East to West this year (have always

ridden west to east in years past). I'm now second guessing my decision.

A group of co-workers and did the trail from St.Charles to Clinton on Sept. 17, 18 and 19, 2009 the weather was great and the trail was in great shape, a few rough spots but nothing that couldn't be traveled. We were able to average about 12.2 mph with very effort. There were many interesting sites along the way (especially all the walnuts to dodge)and folks along the very friendly and helpful. We had support vehicles along and traveled with carrying little on the bikes. 5 members of the group rode the entire trip. Great Time!!!

Rode there today, best food I've had on the trail yet. Way more food options than are listed on this website. I had the burger, and have had one from the bar across the street last time I stopped in Defiance. This place has better service and WAY better food, don't miss it.

Rode there today, best food I've had on the trail yet. Way more food options than are listed on this website. I had the burger, and have had one from the bar across the street last time I stopped in Defiance. This place has better service and WAY better food, don't miss it.

Anyone know if Lucy's at McBaine is going to have the testicle festival this Saturday? Didn't know if they still did that on the first Sat of October or if maybe the rains/floods in Sept would affect them.

Not that I'm going to eat any of them (hubby likes them). I happen to think that Lucy's has the best burgers on the trail and that's what I'll be having!

If it is I am so there. Haven't been to a good testicle festival since Eldon last year.

According to the Columbia Tribune. It was on Sept 20th.



http://www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Sep/20080917Feat001.asp

Darn!

It was not on the 20th. The Sunday prior, they got 59" of floodwater. They spent that weekend repainting Lucy's and on Sunday, they brought everything back inside. It should be this Saturday, but I'm not 100% sure.

Thanks for the update.

So there's still hope that we havn't missed it!

Did anyone make it there this weekend?

Bump.



Does anyone know when the festival is this year??

Bump again....anyone know if/when Lucy's will have the testicle festival this year at McBaine??

I called Lucy's in McBaine and there is no festival this year.

Darn!

Did you all notice that the men wondered and wondered about Lucy's Testicle Fest BUT IT TOOK A WOMAN (Diane from Scott AFB) to think about actually calling and asking Lucy if the Fest was on. I'm riding with Diane if I ever go on the trail again. She probably reads maps and asks for directions when lost.

I was going to have my wife call for me :)

I'm not positive but it appears that it was a woman that was asking for her husband here instead of going to the source and finding out in the first place. Asking directions so to speak can be a good thing but the shot gun approach is usually not really effective.

Does anyone have a file(s) I can print out to create a large wall map of the trail? (3'-5' long) I would like to highlight the sections we ride as a family. It would be especially nice to include the Columbia branch line. The DNR map is good, I just want to get a really large copy of it. - Thanks, Mark

Probably break some copyright things here. But can't you right click the above trail map. Save it as a picture. Then use a common photoshop type of software to enlarge it (and erase the parts you don't want.



I'm not sure how much resolution you'd lose by enlarging it.

A few years back, I got a large (prob 3' x 4') Katy wall map at the Depot Store in Sedalia. Don't know if they still have any or anything close to it. Might be a place to check.

In response to Frank''s comment, yes the map at the top of the web pages is covered by copyright, but I have no problem with you using for private non-commercial use like that. Of course like Frank said, the resultion would look pretty bad at that large size.

What I did for my own use was to take two of the Katy Trail brochures from the DNR and tape them together to make the full trail, and then thumbtacked that to my wall - until it got old and ratty looking and my wife had me take it down :-). That would not be as large as you''re talking about though.

Here''s one more thing I just thought of. It would take some work, but you could take a series of screen shots of the full trail Katy Trail map - just zoom in close enough so that when you piece them all together, it would be a reasonably large size. This is basically just a Google map, which I superimposed the Katy Trail onto. Again it would be a lot of work, but just an idea...

Easiest solution would be the map that MAH mentioned. Here''s the website for the Sedalia Depot

You can use the MODOT bicycle information maps as well (they're closer to regular road maps). Most of those seem to be pretty big from the PDFs I see of them (the site says that each one prints on 22"x34" paper). You can piece those together and print them. The Katy Trail is marked on them.



http://www.modot.mo.gov/othertransportation/bike_ped/bike-pedprogram--roadandrouteinfo.htm



It appears that you want maps D4, D5, and D6.