The Katy Trail is a 250 mile rail trail of packed crushed limestone that follows the Missouri River from about St. Louis, to Kansas City. With our swing through Colorado, we were far enough south to spend a day riding on it. We were only able to complete 30 miles on a hot sultry day around the eastern town of McKittrick. That is OK as our main purpose was to get information for a longer trip here.
We stayed at a great B&B called Joey's Birdhouse just off the trail. A little offbeat but very nice, very quiet. Our host (Joey herself) was a wealth of knowledge and went out of her way to make her guest comfortable. She had a great tip for dinner, and more about that in the next post. Other folks staying here shared some great tips on doing the whole trail, shuttles and places to stay.
We really liked the trail. It goes from river townto river town, mostly through quiet farmland and small towns. Trail markers were clear and up to date. Trail was well maintained and well paced with rest stops. The web site is great, and the trail map we found was even better. Joey says that while the trail is on the north side of the river, plans are to have an alternate route on the south side so you could doo a 500 mile loop.
Here are some pictures. I call your attention to the red public bike work stand complete with a a tire pump and chained on tools. I don't have much more in my home set of tools and here they had it on the side of the trail.
We stayed at a great B&B called Joey's Birdhouse just off the trail. A little offbeat but very nice, very quiet. Our host (Joey herself) was a wealth of knowledge and went out of her way to make her guest comfortable. She had a great tip for dinner, and more about that in the next post. Other folks staying here shared some great tips on doing the whole trail, shuttles and places to stay.
We really liked the trail. It goes from river townto river town, mostly through quiet farmland and small towns. Trail markers were clear and up to date. Trail was well maintained and well paced with rest stops. The web site is great, and the trail map we found was even better. Joey says that while the trail is on the north side of the river, plans are to have an alternate route on the south side so you could doo a 500 mile loop.
Here are some pictures. I call your attention to the red public bike work stand complete with a a tire pump and chained on tools. I don't have much more in my home set of tools and here they had it on the side of the trail.
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