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Nan from Milwaukee on 4/4/2011 9:38:15 AM:
We will b in MO/Hermann end of May. Couple questions...the wine trail out of Hermann, beside this, is there any other wine trail in the area of Boonville?
Also, we are getting the impression that the trail can be somewhat "wild west" if you will, this is a safe ride, right?
 
Trek on 4/4/2011 5:32:02 PM:
There a winery in Boonville that is fairly new...I don't recall the name but they have a store front on main just a few blocks south of the river bridge. There is also the winery in Rocheport that is worth a visit. They have a nice bistro on top of river bluff also.
 
Rowdy Yates from Jeff City, Mo. on 4/4/2011 7:51:48 PM:
"Also, we are getting the impression that the trail can be somewhat "wild west" if you will, this is a safe ride, right?"

Could you splain, "wild west" and I might!
 
Gary from Near Tebbetts on 4/5/2011 12:20:12 PM:
Compared to this:
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/bike_race.html
Yes, the Katy Trail is very safe.
 
MidSouth from Rogersville, MO on 4/5/2011 4:30:29 PM:
Safe as any other state or local highway to ride on with lots of hills and curves.
 
Cathy from Jefferson City on 4/6/2011 2:22:43 PM:
I'm in my late 50s and bicycle on the Katy Trail about weekly. I do not enjoy dangerous activities, so I don't think the trail is like the wild west. The worst I have encountered are snakes, which I always see in time to stop and let them get across the trail before I get too close. Every so often (maybe one or 2 times a year) there seems to be stories about dog problems, which is not good. But I think someone (?DNR staff) deals with them and they aren't reported again. You'll see deer, turkeys, birds, and other wildlife that you'll enjoy.
 
MidSouth from Rogersville, MO on 4/6/2011 2:45:59 PM:
I believe the original poster is asking about the Herrman Wine Trail, which is not a bike trail at all, just a highway route to the various wineries in the area.
 
Gary from Near Tebbetts on 4/7/2011 12:27:23 PM:
Midsouth, I believe the rest of us were just a little confused on how anyone could get the impression the Trail, be it Katy or Wine, was anything near being “wild west”. I got the impression Nan thought all cyclist rode into the towns with their six guns a blazing.
 
MidSouth from Rogersville, MO on 4/7/2011 12:57:33 PM:
Spent two days in Hermann on our trip last year, don't believe we saw any six guns, blazing or otherwise. There is a nice selection of antique washing machines at the laudry mat though, that was pretty wild!
 
Don from Plainfield, IL on 4/10/2011 5:28:12 AM:
Nan, the Katy Trail and its fine towns and surroundings along the Missouri River is as much a "wild west" as the Potawatomi Bingo Casino.
 
Brad from Pea Ridge on 4/10/2011 12:03:43 PM:
That's a great question! After completing the entire Katy last year, I tried the Chief Ladiga/Silver Comet between Birmingham and Atlanta while it was warm there this spring. Their newsletter was proud of the work the trail watchers and police were doing to cut down the crime making me more nervous. I have never seen any trail watchers or police on the Katy, but I think it's because it is so safe they don't need a full-time patrol. One thing that will remind you of the wild west is that most of the towns on the north side of the river between Boonville and Washington seem a little ghost town like. I don't want to offend those living there, but the same floods (especially 1993) that did in the MKT, also flooded out the towns.
 
Anesha from Eldon on 4/11/2011 10:59:22 AM:
It's safe but I would pack plenty of snack food and water, because my son and I went biking and about starved. It was a Saturday and alot of the little towns close the resturants early if they even open on that day, and the convenient was even closed. This was in the town of tebbetts. You will love this trail though, it's beautiful.
 
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