Sunday, July 27, 2008
Marthsville to St. Louis, MO....69 miles
Today we rode along the Missouri River on the Katy Trail for about 35 miles. The Katy Trail is an old railroad bed, about 200 miles long, paved with crushed lime stone and rides about like a Alabama chip-seal road. Katy Trail; green right, green left and an occasional green in front when a tree falls over the trail. Kind of like riding the Natchez Trace--I'm ready to see a used car lot after a few hours.
A small cottage has sprung up along the trail which includes B&B's, wineries and cafes which cater to the folks using the trail.
After the trail we entered St. Louis and did hand to hand combat with the traffic until we final arrived at the arch. Tomorrow we have a off day. Use to call them rest days but we end up staying might busy.
