AnneInIowa from Red Oak, Iowa on 6/11/2011 12:28:19 AM:
Please be aware that the Missouri River basin is flooding... we are coming down next weekend (June 17) to try to beat the waters, which are now hitting us in the Iowa/Missouri area. Boonville, I think, is five days behind us on the flood, and I hope to beat the river for a Thursday/Friday ride. I will write back next Monday about the western river area, Boonville to Huntsdale. Our Steamboat Trace up here in Nebraska is shut down. The water is projected to stay for through the end of August at least. If the river shuts out the trail in MO, we will ride south from Boonville to Clinton, and I will post the shuttle prices. But, anyway, we were going to ride from Sedalia to Hermann and take the Amtrak train back, with advice to reserve with the bike (but the water up here is scary crazy so we know it is going down there). Just google and call Amtrak to make sure about the bike space, and check here for flood updates.