Cathy from Jefferson City on 7/30/2012 10:28:04 PM:
The Baymont should be good. Another option is having a local hotel pick you up at the trailhead. I think I have seen notices at the trailhead that the Truman Hotel will pick up bicyclelists at the trailhead, and there may be others. The closest lodging to the trail is the Cliff House Manor, but they are a B & B and may be more than you want to pay. Also, the Briar Rose B & B may pick you up at the trailhead. If you get picked up at the trailhead you will miss riding over our somewhat new pedestrian/bicycle bridge over the Missouri River. But maybe they would drop you at the south end of the bridge the next morning when you are leaving so you can have the experience of riding over the bridge and river.