Cell Phone Coverage on the trail?
- + Is there decent coverage on the trail? Any dead spots that you know of?
Discussion started 07/13/2008 01:45 PM by Marvin Winston - 5 replies (last reply by Jim at 07/14/2008 03:02 PM)Marvin Winston from Maumelle on 07/13/2008 01:45 PM
Is there decent coverage on the trail? Any dead spots that you know of?
Anonymous on 07/13/2008 03:16 PM
It really bugs me when I am riding along the katy trail, chatting on the cell phone, text messaging and then I hit a dead spot and I lose my connection. Sometimes it takes me 10 minutes of riding to get out of the dead spot! ARRGGH!! And then there is the tunnel in rocheport, don't get me started there!
sbikes from Kansas City on 07/13/2008 05:05 PM
Cell phone coverage isn't great on the Trail. I have Verizon and there are lots of dead spots -
in fact, I would say there are more dead spots than not. Sharon
Jim from St. Thomas on 07/14/2008 02:29 PM
"It really bugs me when I am riding along the katy trail, chatting on the cell phone, text messaging and then I hit a dead spot and I lose my connection."
I have the same reception problem with my bike's wide-screen tv.
Ray (webmaster) on 07/14/2008 02:35 PM
"It really bugs me when I am riding along the katy trail, chatting on the cell phone, text messaging and then I hit a dead spot and I lose my connection."
I have the same reception problem with my bike's wide-screen tv.
Jim, try a trailer with a satellite dish. :-)
I concur regarding cell phone coverage - very spotty (T-Mobile). A long time ago I wanted to try to map out where I could get a signal, but when I'm riding I couldn't remember to keep checking for a signal.
Jim from St. Thomas on 07/14/2008 03:02 PM
Ray, There's no room in the trailer....the 5000w generator takes up all of the space.
Scooters
- + Does anyone know if you can ride motorized scooters on the trail?
Discussion started 07/13/2008 12:13 PM by Denne - 1 reply (last reply by anonymous at 07/13/2008 03:08 PM)Denne from Marshall on 07/13/2008 12:13 PM
Does anyone know if you can ride motorized scooters on the trail?
Anonymous on 07/13/2008 03:08 PM
From the katy trail brochure available at trail heads
"All motorized equipment is prohibited except official and emergency vehicles. Electrically assisted pedal powered bicycles and tricycles (maximum speed 20mph) as well as electronically powered mobility devices for persons with disabilities such as motorized wheelchairs and scooters are allowed"
If you're disabled and your scooter is electric it sounds like you can ride it.
Choo Choo's
- + A friend and myself had planned a ride on the Katy which included a stay at Choo Choo's campground. We had called ahead and made reservations. On our arrival we found the place closed. And needless...
Discussion started 09/26/2005 10:20 AM by CSCman - 14 replies (last reply by Jenifer at 07/12/2008 12:38 PM)CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/26/2005 10:20 AM
A friend and myself had planned a ride on the Katy which included a stay at Choo Choo's campground. We had called ahead and made reservations. On our arrival we found the place closed. And needless to say the camp area less than inviting. We were very disappointed in everything. We ended up going to Scenic Cycles and camping there for the evening.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/26/2005 10:20 AM
A friend and myself had planned a ride on the Katy which included a stay at Choo Choo's campground. We had called ahead and made reservations. On our arrival we found the place closed. And needless to say the camp area less than inviting. We were very disappointed in everything. We ended up going to Scenic Cycles and camping there for the evening.
brad wilson from st louis on 09/26/2005 10:31 AM
Thanks for the info.
Last year I stayed at the Marthasville rec center camping area, and was planning on doing so this year. Is there some reason you didn't stay there?
Also, is Scenic Cycles offering camping now, or was that just a one-time deal? Did it have showers, bathroom etc? Price?
Thanks for the info.
brad wilson from st louis on 09/26/2005 10:31 AM
Thanks for the info.
Last year I stayed at the Marthasville rec center camping area, and was planning on doing so this year. Is there some reason you didn't stay there?
Also, is Scenic Cycles offering camping now, or was that just a one-time deal? Did it have showers, bathroom etc? Price?
Thanks for the info.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/26/2005 12:40 PM
Yes Scenic Cycles is now offering camping. They are a little over a mile east of Marthasville. I am sure that if you email Terry or Kathy at SC they can give you the details.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/26/2005 12:40 PM
Yes Scenic Cycles is now offering camping. They are a little over a mile east of Marthasville. I am sure that if you email Terry or Kathy at SC they can give you the details.
Ray (webmaster) on 09/26/2005 12:46 PM
Thanks for the information - I have removed ChooChoo's from the list, and added camping to the
Scenic Cycles listing. I appreciate you passing this along and helping to keep the website info up-to-date.
Ray (webmaster) on 09/26/2005 12:46 PM
Thanks for the information - I have removed ChooChoo's from the list, and added camping to the
Scenic Cycles listing. I appreciate you passing this along and helping to keep the website info up-to-date.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/27/2005 12:59 PM
Ray, not sure they are out of business. But they were not open on the day that we there during their regular business hours. However a couple weeks we had called and made arrangements.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/27/2005 12:59 PM
Ray, not sure they are out of business. But they were not open on the day that we there during their regular business hours. However a couple weeks we had called and made arrangements.
Anonymous on 09/28/2005 09:43 AM
If I understand the Marthasville Chamber of Commerce website, ChooChoos is closed on Wednesday's in season and isn't open at this time of year:
Our facility allows guests to camp, snack and/or bike.Enjoy Your Day! Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m./daily
May 21st - Labor Day weekend-seasonal Closed on Wednesdays
Of course there are several possible interpretations of that message!
Anonymous on 09/28/2005 09:43 AM
If I understand the Marthasville Chamber of Commerce website, ChooChoos is closed on Wednesday's in season and isn't open at this time of year:
Our facility allows guests to camp, snack and/or bike.Enjoy Your Day! Hours: 11:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m./daily
May 21st - Labor Day weekend-seasonal Closed on Wednesdays
Of course there are several possible interpretations of that message!
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/30/2005 11:41 AM
Well our trip was Labor Day weekend, we called a couple weeks before and set up our stay, and we were there at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and not a sole in site and the place was closed. Don't care how you want to interpret their listing on the Chamber's site, we called ahead and they should have 1. known we were coming and been there and open or 2. known they would not have been open and informed us of that when we called and we would have made other arrangements.
CSCman from Chapin, IL on 09/30/2005 11:41 AM
Well our trip was Labor Day weekend, we called a couple weeks before and set up our stay, and we were there at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and not a sole in site and the place was closed. Don't care how you want to interpret their listing on the Chamber's site, we called ahead and they should have 1. known we were coming and been there and open or 2. known they would not have been open and informed us of that when we called and we would have made other arrangements.
Ray (webmaster) on 10/08/2005 10:10 PM
I rode through Marthasville today (Oct 8), and believe it or not Choo Choos was open. There is a sign stating that they're open weekends until Oct 30. My guess is that the high school kid working the day you got there probably decided to cut out of work early, or never showed up in the first place. There's no excuse; I'm just speculating.
Ray (webmaster) on 10/08/2005 10:10 PM
I rode through Marthasville today (Oct 8), and believe it or not Choo Choos was open. There is a sign stating that they're open weekends until Oct 30. My guess is that the high school kid working the day you got there probably decided to cut out of work early, or never showed up in the first place. There's no excuse; I'm just speculating.
Ray (webmaster) on 10/10/2005 11:58 AM
By the way, the ice cream was tasty and they have a horse-tire swing that kept my kids entertained for nearly an hour. But the water in the restroom has a bad smell - if you're looking to fill your water bottles, you may want to hold out for bottled water from the convenience store. The S&R convenience store, which is visible looking south from the trail, is easily reached by heading south on the road that crosses the trail right by the trailhead (One St) for just over a quarter mile. It's right by One St at Hwy 47 - see the map on the
Marthasville page.
Ray (webmaster) on 10/10/2005 11:58 AM
By the way, the ice cream was tasty and they have a horse-tire swing that kept my kids entertained for nearly an hour. But the water in the restroom has a bad smell - if you're looking to fill your water bottles, you may want to hold out for bottled water from the convenience store. The S&R convenience store, which is visible looking south from the trail, is easily reached by heading south on the road that crosses the trail right by the trailhead (One St) for just over a quarter mile. It's right by One St at Hwy 47 - see the map on the
Marthasville page.
Robert Dean from Washington on 06/24/2006 05:53 PM
Choo-choos is a great place to go, if you have kids it is also very recomended in my book. There is a variety of things to get and you have the chance to meet a lot of nice people. the camping has bathrooms and a shower and is cheaper at 5 dollars per person rather than Scenic cycles which charges 20 per person.Choo-choos is a great place and i love the caboose.
Robert Dean from Washington on 06/24/2006 05:53 PM
Choo-choos is a great place to go, if you have kids it is also very recomended in my book. There is a variety of things to get and you have the chance to meet a lot of nice people. the camping has bathrooms and a shower and is cheaper at 5 dollars per person rather than Scenic cycles which charges 20 per person.Choo-choos is a great place and i love the caboose.
Daniel Eugene from Trealor on 06/24/2006 05:56 PM
Choo-choos is a great place love it, and it's owner Barb is a very nice a pretty lady she will get along with pretty much everybody
Daniel Eugene from Trealor on 06/24/2006 05:56 PM
Choo-choos is a great place love it, and it's owner Barb is a very nice a pretty lady she will get along with pretty much everybody
George Post from Dutzow on 06/24/2006 06:06 PM
me and my wife were riding down the katy trail one day and running low on water so we ride farther and see a cute cozy little place called choo choos so we stopped to get water. turnes out that they have many more foods than i exspected. so we asked for water and she filled our water bottles. the water tasted like city water but i was perfectlt happy with this little caboose and i hope i can go back sometime.......... the oner barb is a very nice lady and the custard is tasty
George Post from Dutzow on 06/24/2006 06:06 PM
me and my wife were riding down the katy trail one day and running low on water so we ride farther and see a cute cozy little place called choo choos so we stopped to get water. turnes out that they have many more foods than i exspected. so we asked for water and she filled our water bottles. the water tasted like city water but i was perfectlt happy with this little caboose and i hope i can go back sometime.......... the oner barb is a very nice lady and the custard is tasty
Debra from Marthasville on 06/30/2006 06:42 AM
I planned a field trip for 18 preschoolers a while back with Choo Choo's being part of our itinerary. I called ahead and was told they would be open. I informed the owner that we would be bringing f18 children and that this was part of a field trip, we had been learning about trains and transportation. The kids were excited about this and were counting the days. We arrived as planned to find Choo choo's closed and looking somewhat abandoned. The children were devastated and I had to try to come up with refreshments for them and then try to keep them from running around the caboose where the weeds were almost taller than them. This place has potential, but needs an owner that really cares about it's customers. I would not recommend this place to anyone. I know of 18 children that feel the same way.
Debra from Marthasville on 06/30/2006 06:42 AM
I planned a field trip for 18 preschoolers a while back with Choo Choo's being part of our itinerary. I called ahead and was told they would be open. I informed the owner that we would be bringing f18 children and that this was part of a field trip, we had been learning about trains and transportation. The kids were excited about this and were counting the days. We arrived as planned to find Choo choo's closed and looking somewhat abandoned. The children were devastated and I had to try to come up with refreshments for them and then try to keep them from running around the caboose where the weeds were almost taller than them. This place has potential, but needs an owner that really cares about it's customers. I would not recommend this place to anyone. I know of 18 children that feel the same way.
Anonymous on 07/04/2006 07:13 PM
choo choos was a great place to camp and enjoy a snowcone! everyone was very friendly and the friday night movie was delightful. we will definately be back soon!
Anonymous on 07/04/2006 07:13 PM
choo choos was a great place to camp and enjoy a snowcone! everyone was very friendly and the friday night movie was delightful. we will definately be back soon!
Jenifer on 07/12/2008 12:38 PM
It appears to me that you had a great idea, and I had a sense of that...could you e-mail me....I'd like to ask some questions about it and is it for sale now....what's it's status????Thanks Jenifer
Jenifer on 07/12/2008 12:38 PM
It appears to me that you had a great idea, and I had a sense of that...could you e-mail me....I'd like to ask some questions about it and is it for sale now....what's it's status????Thanks Jenifer
Augusta
- + A charming but very quiet little town, mid-week in July. We stayed at Anchor Mills B&B, a delightful house with a warm and welcoming hostess in Kathleen Turner. Excellent breakfast food and coffee! Be...
Discussion started 07/11/2008 12:56 PM by A J - 0 repliesA J from Caister-on-Sea, UK on 07/11/2008 12:56 PM
A charming but very quiet little town, mid-week in July. We stayed at Anchor Mills B&B, a delightful house with a warm and welcoming hostess in Kathleen Turner. Excellent breakfast food and coffee! Be sure to have food available for an evening meal though, as all the eateries in town close around 5pm mid-week. Cafe Bella is a nice place to eat.
Be sure also to have bug repellent ready, as a drainage ditch runs alongside the Trail here and the biters are out in force. The wineries are well worth a visit.
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Bike question
- + I have an Electra Amsterdam Sport 3. Anyone have experience with this bike on the trail? I'm not looking to through-ride, but I would like to do a section like Columbia to Rocheport. Rocheport to Boon...
Discussion started 07/10/2008 01:42 PM by John H - 1 reply (last reply by Paulie at 07/10/2008 06:28 PM)John H from Kansas City on 07/10/2008 01:42 PM
I have an Electra Amsterdam Sport 3. Anyone have experience with this bike on the trail? I'm not looking to through-ride, but I would like to do a section like Columbia to Rocheport. Rocheport to Boonville, maybe either way out of Sedalia.
Paulie from Knoxville TN on 07/10/2008 06:28 PM
You won't set any speed records but you'll be fine on the Electra.
Enjoy the Katy !
Paulie
Lindenhof Bed & Breakfast (Augusta)
- + Awesome! Stayed here a few weeks ago while riding Clinton - St. Charles. Debbie and Bill made us feel like we were staying with old friends. Patio was great - we relaxed with a glass of wine and a l...
Discussion started 07/10/2008 02:53 PM by Bob/Margie - 0 repliesBob/Margie from Davenport IA on 07/10/2008 02:53 PM
Awesome! Stayed here a few weeks ago while riding Clinton - St. Charles. Debbie and Bill made us feel like we were staying with old friends. Patio was great - we relaxed with a glass of wine and a loaf of warm bread and slept like a baby in the Rose Room. Breakfast was wonderful! Would stay again.
Bob/Margie from Davenport IA on 07/10/2008 02:53 PM
Awesome! Stayed here a few weeks ago while riding Clinton - St. Charles. Debbie and Bill made us feel like we were staying with old friends. Patio was great - we relaxed with a glass of wine and a loaf of warm bread and slept like a baby in the Rose Room. Breakfast was wonderful! Would stay again.
GUNRANGE next to TRIAL????
- + I just found out that an application was put in for a permit to put in an open gunrange that will be near our Katy Trail.
The hearing to approve this will be held Aug 21st at the Warren County Go...
Discussion started 07/09/2008 04:51 PM by Robert - 7 replies (last reply by Ray (webmaster) at 07/10/2008 09:52 AM)Robert from Dutzow on 07/09/2008 04:51 PM
I just found out that an application was put in for a permit to put in an open gunrange that will be near our Katy Trail.
The hearing to approve this will be held Aug 21st at the Warren County Government center. Phone #636-456-3044 for directions
I do not look forward to riding with my family and hearing gunfire.
I hope you all feel the same. We will have an opportunity to voice our opposition to this a the hearing.
If you know people who enjoy the trail please pass this information along.
email me if you have any resources that can help stop this!!! rdausjr@earthlink.net
Thanks
Robert
ajohns from Denver on 07/09/2008 05:38 PM
We have outstanding trails in the Denver area and one goes right next to the gun range. I'm sure the developers and city planners will have safety in mind first and foremost. The two things in life that I enjoy doing most are cycling and shooting. I'm sure they both can co-exist.
I guess because you don't want your family to hear gun noise that this should not happen? I don't see the shooters trying to close the bike trail. The shooting sports are filled with very good people just doing what they love and enjoy. Check it out sometime. I'm sure you would be suprised. It's not a bunch of gansters and thugs. Hope they get their range. Chill out and quit forcing your opinions on things you obviously know nothing about down people's throats.
Bike Cop from KCMO on 07/09/2008 11:18 PM
There is this little thing called the 2nd ammendment. Gun ranges and the sound of (legal) gunfire = freedom. I bike CCW.
Doug from Bluffton on 07/10/2008 08:10 AM
I think it would be fantastic to be able to ride with my empty cased guns to the range and do some target shooting and then ride home. A great safe place to shoot. Awesome. Depending on exactly how close the range is to the trail I can't imagine a rider being able to hear the gunfire for more than a minute or two of their ride. I doubt if even that would be very intrusive. Less than fireworks going off.
Anonymous on 07/10/2008 08:40 AM
I'd actually feel more comfortable riding next to a gun range than I would riding katy trail during hunting season. Shooters are more likely to pull a Dick Cheney when they are out hunting than on a gun range.
greg on 07/10/2008 09:35 AM
Man, I just love when someone like you clammer's for the rights of cyclist and then thinks nothing of the rights of others! It's a shooting range "get over it" might wanna try moving to "the peoples republic of california" I hear it's sheer bliss. What's next? you gonna go after the books people read? because there not up to your standards? gotta go now, i'm strappin'my rifle to my bike and goin' ridin! take care Adolf....
Biker from Farmington, MO on 07/10/2008 09:49 AM
Greg, are you the best shill the NRA's got? Or just the crudest? I own a gun, by the way. I don't want to hear gunfire on the trail either.
Ray (webmaster) on 07/10/2008 09:52 AM
I appreciate your opinions, but I''m gonna close this thread, as it appears to be veering off of the Katy Trail and into a political debate / flame war.
This thread is closed to any new comments
Pro Velo bike shop/repair in Sedalia
- + just wanted to say that this is one of the nicest places to have a breakdown. the owner is friendly and helpfull, and twice has helped me out. last time I limped in with a couple broken spokes on a ...
Discussion started 07/09/2008 10:31 PM by jason - 0 repliesjason from Eureka Springs AR on 07/09/2008 10:31 PM
just wanted to say that this is one of the nicest places to have a breakdown. the owner is friendly and helpfull, and twice has helped me out. last time I limped in with a couple broken spokes on a cross country trip and he let me replace them myself with his tools. He would have done it if I couldn't.
Great little shop, they love biking there, and I wish that it was closer to my home.