I was in Lexington the last week of August getting stepdaughter checked into her first semester at UK and the weather made me wish I had brought my Riv! It was positively glorious!
Perhaps that is atypical for the area, I don't know, but it was really nice compared to Austin, Texas during any time in August. -Jim On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 2:54 PM, RJM <crccpadu...@gmail.com> wrote: > Yeah, riding in that area in the summer just isn't fun...heck, riding > where I live (West Kentucky, isn't fun in the summer...especially August.) > > There is a fun town on that trail called Hermann. It has a winery, and > their Octoberfest is awesome. It is well worth the journey there during > fall to make it during their Octoberfest. > > > My friend who has ridden both the GAP/ C&O and the Katy prefers the GAP > trail. Better scenery. > > Are they allowing camping on the Katy trail yet? > > > On Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 10:42:23 AM UTC-5, Paul Brodek wrote: > >> Exec Summary: It's hard for me to recommend the Katy Trail as a >> destination trip, unless you relish the challenge/experience of riding the >> 2nd-longest trail in the country (it was still the longest when I rode it). >> If you're going to be nearby, no reason not to check it out. Avoid summer >> heat, and do some research into which sections might offer the best >> scenery. I'd probably enjoy it more today, with more trail riding >> experience under my belt and nicer tires to ride. But I'd rather try the >> GAP first, or somewhere else with more topography. >> >> I didn't read the article, they wanted me to click on a survey or >> sumpthin first, and I'm home with a cold and grumpy so NO! >> >> I rode the Katy Trail for only a couple of days in the summer of '00, >> squeezing the riding into a business trip. I rode a steel Fuji Cross with >> fattish but not-particularly-supple tires. IIRC I rode from east of St. >> Joseph to St. Joseph, then west from St. Joseph. The first day was kind of >> a half-day, maybe 20mi. The second day was going to be 40mi or so, but I >> cut it a little short due to weather. Got a ride from west of St. Joseph >> back to St. Louis the second day. >> >> It was very hot and humid, even for a Jersey boy, and on the second day I >> was riding between two storm fronts. The hotel weather channel showed the >> fronts 15mi apart, traveling at 10mph, so I figured if I left just after >> the first front passed and kept around a 10mph avg, including stops, I'd >> stay dry. Surprisingly this worked, I didn't get any rain while on the >> trail, but the humidity kept me pretty damp. I got to the hotel that night >> just before a third storm hit, which turned into a hellacious hailstorm >> with golfball-sized chunks of ice that literally (and I'm old enough to >> understand how to use "literally") left tens of millions of $$ of damage in >> its wake. Hiding for safety in the empty bathtub while the room windows >> were being battered by machine-gun ice was more memorable than the ride. I >> thought the windows were going to shatter and send glass flying through the >> room, but they held up. My rep's car was in the hail for a minute or so >> before he got under an overpass, and the insurance company wrote the car >> off as totaled. Fun. >> >> So the weather did not add to my enjoyment. The length of trail I rode >> was crushed limestone, pretty well surfaced. I found the two days kind of >> uninspiring. The trail was flat, of course, but so was all the surrounding >> terrain. The Mississippi River was close by, but far enough away on >> flatland that I don't remember seeing much of it. I didn't find the ride or >> surroundings to be particularly scenic. Whatever small towns the trail went >> through were nice, but the heat/humidity, and the moving storm fronts on >> the second day, didn't encourage lingering or exploring. This was probably >> my first time riding a trail, and I kind of felt like I was slogging along. >> On the second day I noticed there was a small, very well-surfaced road just >> a few feet away paralleling the trail, so I started riding on the road >> instead. That was more fun than the trail. >> >> Since this sounds kinda negative, I decided to endure the Gazzette's >> survey and read the article. I most definitely did not travel under a >> canopy of trees, like it says in the article. Sounds like they had fun, >> despite riding in August, I kinda didn't. But I was riding alone, first >> time on a trail, crappy/scary weather, and I can be a Grumpy Gus when I'm >> riding solo. Maybe when not riding solo, too... >> >> Paul Brodek >> Hillsdale, NJ USA >> >> >> >> >> >> On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 3:37:54 PM UTC-4, Jon Dukeman in the >> foothills of Colorado wrote: >>> >>> Todays travel section had a great article about the Katy Trail in >>> Missouri. >>> There must be some of you who have ridden it. >>> If so, I'd like to hear about your experience, what time of year you >>> went etc.etc.. >>> Here's the article: >>> >>> >>> >>> http://gazette.com/missouris-katy-trail-offers-an-experience-cyclists-cant-find-in-colorado/article/1560940 >>> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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