Ride Report for Spring Break Week.

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bryan from Springdale, AR on 3/24/2006 6:50:52 PM:

Greetings Earthlings. Some of you may remember a post for two from me about our ride plans for this past week. Well, we took off from home as planned. Checked into our B&B in Hermann, everything going as planned. We spent the night, rode around Hermann the next day, visited a couple of wineries and shops and in all had a great time. This was Saturday. Sunday was much the same as Saturday, only colder. Then we watched the weather. We were planning to head out on the trail Monday morning. Then the sleet started. That's ok, we'll just stay an extra night and roll out on Tuesday. Then the weather service issued a winter weather advisory for that whole area. I looked at my wife, she looked at me, and I said, "How bout we call the kids to come pick us up before it gets any worse?" She agreed, and we got home about 6 a.m. Tuesday morning. Loaded up the next day, and went to Hot Springs, Ar. Got snowed on there too.

Oh Well, maybe next time.

sbikes from KCMO on 3/25/2006 2:05:10 PM:

Welcome to Missouri. I think we had an entire year of seasons in one week...one weekend it
is in the 80's and we have hail and tornados and the next they are predicting 12 inches of
snow. It's a mad, mad, world. But, it sounds like you had a great time for a while. So, try
again. Who knows what will happen next!

Matthew from Kansas City, MO on 3/27/2006 4:47:16 PM:

We enjoyed the weather last week. There were bouts with some intense cold headwinds that cut us down, particularly on the unsheltered highway-tracking sections of the trail. We also got some sleet but nothing too intense. For the most part, it was above freezing, which makes it much easier to stay warm.

Fresh snowmelt made the trail very sticky in spots, however. The condition of the trail changed dramatically after passing Jefferson City. We were westbound, which is definately uphill.

bryan from Springdale, AR on 3/28/2006 7:21:37 PM:

Matthew,

I was just wondering where you started. We were in Hermann on Saturday, Sunday and Monday till we bailed. I'm glad you got to do your ride. We were also going to ride west, and our plan was to ride from Hermann to Jefferson City on Monday. We opted not to do that and wait till the next day since it was sleeting when we got up and had most of the night before. When the TV station in St. Louis predicted 6-8 inches of snow for Tuesday, we chickened out completely. I hear that it didn't happen, but was really cold. Oh well, there's always the Memorial day weekend. We may try again then.

Mark of the Dalton Boys from Austin, TX/Columbia, MO. on 3/29/2006 8:29:29 AM:

Weather....discretion is the better part of valor. Because my sister lives in Overland Park, KS. and brothers in Jeff City, Lake of the Ozarks, and St. Charles I watch the weather up there and remember well that week. Baling was better....better to ride again. Hey could have ended up like a small version of the Donner Party where you were looking uncomfortably at each other (as potential food). So when (not if) you do the KATY send in progress reports, impressions for they are great reading! Regards......Mark of the Dalton Boys

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