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Cindy from Des Moines, IA on 9/15/2009 9:44:57 PM:

A friend and I rode from St. Charles to Sedalia September 6-10. This direction worked well for us and we had good weather the entire time. Both of us are leisure riders, with the longest training ride of only 40 miles. We rode alternative days of long, short, long, short, long (23-54 miles). Some other notes:

Great B&Bs:
o The Little House B&B, Marthasville - Had the entire house, 2 Bdrm, 1 bath, big kitchen & Living room. Great place. Secure shed for bikes.
o Meyers Hilltop Farm, McKittrick. Maggie & Eldon are wonderful hosts and Maggie makes a fantastic breakfast for riders. It carried us 54 miles! Hosts also drove us into Hermann for the afternoon and picked us up in the evening.
o The Globe B&B in Hartsburg was very comfortable. Nice place.
o School House B&B, Rocheport. Excellent, self-serve everything. Secure place for bikes. Flat-screen TV. Easy, continental breakfast.

Be careful when planning Monday & Tuesday meals as some restaurants, wineries and grocery stores are closed. We lucked out coming from the east by stopping near Hermann on a Monday. Those we talked to traveling West did not have such luck. We stopped our ride in Sedalia to take the train back to Kirkwood (St. Louis) but heard of poor trail conditions between Sedalia and Clinton and were glad we'd decided to stop in Sedalia.

Someone did unzip our bike bags during a downpour while we were at one of the wineries. Nothing stolen, but some wet stuff. Also saw some questionable riders around Clifton City. I recommend carrying pepper spray.

Met many, many nice bikers (of all levels) along the trail. All-in-all was a great trip!!

Anonymous from Tallahassee, Florida on 10/4/2009 3:53:39 PM:

I believe we met Cindy in Hartsburg as we were riding west to east and stayed at the Globe. I am glad your trip was a success. We enjoyed ours very much and we have recommended the ride to friends.

Carl & Linda from Tallahassee, FL on 10/14/2009 8:21:42 PM:

We finally managed to get our photos from our ride from Clinton to St. Charles. Have a look at http://www.CTinsley.com

Cheers!

Carl & Linda

Anonymous on 10/15/2009 4:53:18 PM:

Good pictures. Thanks for sharing..

Cathy from Jefferson City on 10/15/2009 10:14:50 PM:

Those are great pictures. I'm hoping to plan a ride for my sisters, sister-in-laws and others next summer. I'm going to bookmark your pictures for them to look at to convince them to come to Missouri and ride the Katy Trail. Thanks so much.

Cyclone Billy from Creston Iowa on 10/26/2009 8:30:55 PM:

Hi Cindy, I visited with you at the N. Jeff Trailhead.....How bout them Cyclones? Sorry UNI
has lost a couple but sure they will get back on track this week. Hope you had a great
ride...wasn't Hermann neat?

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