Jack Tracy from Fayetteville, NC on 5/12/2009 3:13:40 PM:
My sister and I stayed at the Eastlake Inn, Kirkwood in late April 09 and had a great time there. Lori Murray, the owner, was kind enough to receive and store our bikes for us (we flew in from the East Coast) and was a great hostess for our one-night stay. The Eastlake Inn is clean, well kept, and most importantly less than a mile from the Kirkwood AMTRAK station. This is an ideal place to start a Katy Trail ride. After a hearty breakfast we pedaled the short distance to the station and caught the 9:00am train to Sedalia. We arrived in Sedalia shortly after noon and were easily able to travel to the end of the trail at Clinton and then back to Windsor before nightfall. We would recommend this route to anyone. If you do intend to take this route, make sure you make train reservations well in advance for both you and your bike (yes your bike needs a reservation too, because AMTRAK lets you put it on the train unboxed.