Reply to Best prices for an overnight in Hermann??

Looking for overnight lodging in Hermann. Have scouted out lots of websites. Curious as to your experience for the best value. Not looking for fancy dinners or breakfast...just a nice comfortable place to spend the night. Thanks for any help/experience/insight you can provide.

Hermann Motel or Winchester, wait make that VINchester, Inn. Never stayed at either but heard both are decent.

If you are touring and plan time in Hermann; the Harbor Haus with Frank has all prices for his rooms. If you are staying on the trail and elect not to do the 5 mile turnaround to Hermann. Joey's birdhouse in Mckittrick may be your best choice; both she and Meyer's shuttle to town. Next to the Merc which is opening Weekends or will serve meals for her guests.

The citizen

If you are touring the short ride to Hermann is well worth a couple of miles for a good meal, a break in the cellar at Stone Hill, or a bottle of wine on the patio at Hermannoff.

I have stayed at the Vinchester Inn a couple of times and it sounds like what you are looking for. Decent, clean, large rooms and it is right downtown for easy access to the Trail. The Hermann motel is a bit farther from the Trail and has smaller rooms. I would chose the Vinchester.

Sharon

It's just an observation but a four plus mile turnaround on hot asphalt with clay trucks and semi's roaring by is not easy anything. Like hitching in the Mojavi. Once in Hermann every thing is close.

The trip to Hermann from McKittrick on bike is likened with hitching a ride in the Mojavi desert?

You paint a rather bleak and distorted picture of the ride from the Katy to Hermann which is both unrealistic and untrue.

Of course you want everyone to stay in the fine oasis of McKitterick, eat your free range eggs, and let you shuttle them to Hermann. That is probably not very realistic either. Get a grip Rich.

Of course I advise people to stay close to the trail in hot weather. I also encourage people who are not on tour to Hermann to beware of the trip if they are going simply for housing. I have opened an oasis in Mckittrick; thanks for noting. The Mercantile is on the registry of National Historical Places. And yes we do serve free range eggs and locally grown foods. We do shuttle as well as Meyers Hilltop. It is realistic. Thanks for your input.

P.S. I have been stuck hiking in Blyth; thats in the Mojave

And your experience being stuck in the desert is a close lickness to our bike ride from the Katy to Hermann??

"lickness"???

Rich is right. My friend and I stayed at Joey's bird house in June, before it got hot and we were grateful to be shuttled by the owners of Joey's bird house from mckittrick to herman. The one time we did ride our bikes it was easy yet uneventful and lots of traffic whizzing by on a busy highway. Thankfully the weather was mild unlike today. Thanks for your trolling, anonymous.

I can offer a personal unbiased opinion here. I've ridden and ran this stretch many times. I rode McKittrick to Portland and back just yesterday. The traffic can be bad and the ride while short can at times be unpleasant. If you were staying in McKittrick and coming into town after a long day a shuttle for reasonable $$ would be helpful, especially for the return trip after dinner.

However there is nothing at all "bad" about the ride into Hermann. It is just easy riding on a busy highway with wide shoulders. The bridge crossing is awesome. In my opinion anyone touring the trail MUST see Hermann, and it's better to do it on bike.

I think the Mercantile is a nice place and wish it success. However I will say that if all Katy business owners promoted themselves through this site like the Merck owner does, it would clutter and detract considerably from the site. Helpful suggestions are fine, relentless self-serving advertisements are tiresome and IMO reflect poorly on the owner.

My two cents.

I have to tell you Rich......I bike a lot and love to support merchants on the trail but you're coming real close to crossing the line between offering advice and naked advertising. I would back off a little bit.

Jim, I believe Rich has already crossed the line a couple of times besides his naked advertising.  In the past, in my opinion, he has deceptively tried to get people to support his plan to have part of the trail property converted to a camp ground for his self serving needs.  In this thread, in my opinion, he has used scare tactics to try to get people to patronize his business over that of those in Hermann.  Come on now, he makes the trip into Hermann sound like a terrifying and dangerous ordeal.  Really?

The only good bit about his naked advertising is I know where not to spend my money.

My name is Rich. I live Hermann and beliebe it to be the best tourist location near (2.75mi.) the trail. It's It's architecture and services are a must visit. Best prices in Hermann area, On the trail; Meyer's Hilltop and Joey's Birdhouse. In Hermann Vinchester and Harbour Haus. Hermann is 2.75 miles from the trail, a sneeze for a seasoned rider in 100 plus degrees. It is however a journey for the weekend warrior after 50 miles.
Mckittrick does not have and will not have lodging or services to serve but a few.
I have cycled, walked and mostly driven the stretch between the twin cities thousands of times; it is only as dangerous as weary cyclists or bored and tired truckers.
There is no devious or covert plan to build a campsite even though I assume there is really big money in that! Actually I hear that someone is planning a possible a bike port in Hermann.
We would not be stupid enough to use 'scare tactics to increase bussiness that we are incapable of handling. duh! There is not enough overnight lodging, services or points of interest to sustain tourism. I would appreciate
you stopping by on your next passing, pickup some cold water; use an alias if that's more comfortable; I may be able to quell the(theory's)
We probably would like each other. Thanks rich

Boys, play nice now. Your little snit is taking up too much space on this forum. I'd advise to go to the source if you have a problem. The rest of us don't want to hear it.

your rite 314-603-2889
Thanks Pam

Pam forgive me for one last parting comment on this topic. Rich scroll down to the bottom of this page, click on the advertise link and buy advertising on this page. I'm sure Ray would appreciate your support for his running this site.

Pam;
You don't have to forgive Gary near Tidbits.
I have already committed to advertising on BKT; the ad has just not been posted. I hope someday Gary near tidbits can contribute something but negativity. The development of the trail near him can a more positive path. There are people who do; and there are those who complain of us.
Safe biking Pam O

Now that everyone had had a chance to speak their minds, let's move along.

In Rich's defense, he did indeed contact me a couple of weeks ago to arrange for advertising. It's been delayed because I've been at girl scout camp with my daughter for the past few days (camping in the 105-degree heat is only slightly easier than biking in in) - but you will see "the Merc's" ad soon.

And in Gary's defense, many of the folks on the forum are quite sensitive to anything that might be interpreted as advertising or self-promotion on this forum. People like Gary contribute a lot to the forum and don't want to see it become commercialized or spammy.

Thank you for making this forum the place to go to share information and talk about the Katy Trail. Let's just hope for cooler weather so we can get out there and enjoy it more! Happy trails.