Breakfast at the Bothwell...bagels, oatmeal, other cereals, toast, apples, bananas and the best coffee ever. Both Kristen & I noticed the amount of Styrofoam used to feed everyone, there has to be a better way.
The ride from Sedalia to Rocheport was a long one about 53 miles.
We made it to the trailhead and stopped for a bit, there was a bike shop & gift shop at the Sedalia Depot. After spending some $, we hit the street and wound through Sedalia following the Katy Trail signs that lead us to the continuation of the trail. We were fully loaded today. I had all 4 panniers and my camera bag, the hardest part for me was always getting started, once I was cruising, no issues.
Along the trail you can see remnants of the old railroad line. Several times a day we would see old telegraph poles. I still need to google the use of the glass things aka insulators.
Some of the biggest remnants are the bridges. There were 3 types of bridges on the Katy Trail: Pony Truss bridge, Through Truss Bridge & other (just bridges, nothing exciting). We seemed to stop at most of the through truss bridges and several pony truss bridges. They provided good places to lean your bike & better places to take pics.
Below is a through truss bridge.
Lots of farming along the trail. Kristen road her bike down to the combine to take a picture of it. We knew she would be the first one to flat. The person who flatted today had to buy a round of drinks.
Another fun photo op!
There were several geocaches along the trail, so far we were O fer DNF'd but we finally found one that lead to a cool old quarry and some of the first fall color.
At one point we started the grocery shopping game, it def passed the time:
Advil, baking soda, cardamon, dog food, egg plant, fubgo's, gourd, horse radish, icy hot, jello, Kepper line leaves, Lima beans, menudo, nectarines, oranges, pappiya, quinoa pasta, radishes, stout beer, tampons, underwear, Vicks vapor rub, watermelon, x rated movie, yogurt, zingers.
Time for lunch in Pilot Grove. We chose Becky's over the other place because no one was smoking inside of Becky's, additionally, they served pie--home grown apples, hand picked, cut & made into a scrumptious apple pie.
Long day so far...and having a flat didn't help, neither did anyone else, the pavement was warm, so they took a catnap while I changed my tube. Ugh, guess I'm buying the first round of drinks tonight, at least it wasn't yesterday when dinner was on the line.
Looking at all the pics we took, we really saw a lot of interesting things all before lunch. After lunch we got 'lost' in Booneville (saw the sign for the Katy Trail w/ an arrow pointing in the opposite way we were going, but we chose to ignore it until the trail rail out). Crossed over the Missouri River in Booneville, then soon found Franklin and New Franklin.
There was remnants of a roundhouse in Franklin where they would turn the locamotives around, I guess today they just drive them backwards? must ask a train expert soon.
More sights along the way, we really saw a lot on day 2. Wonder how to break that up for the next time?
This is a long blog....
We made it to Rocheport, very cool tunnel just outside the town. Had fun making Victor ride back & forth through it for photos that didn't turn out so hot, and laughed when he slipped.
Rocheport looked like a really cool town to explore, but everything was closed, so we went to the B&B to unpack & find someplace to eat.
Once kinda settled, we started to look for a place to eat, no such luck, but the info notebook did say there were frozen pizzas for $5 in the kitchen...we were sold. Bee line for the kitchen only to find out (1) people we had talked to in Sedalia were staying there (2) and there weren't any pizzas! :-( So we started eating cereal and apples when another lady came down from the attic & just about lost it in laughter because the Texans were following her! After a few mins of laughter, she was on the phone to her son who was driving in from Colombia. He stopped at a gas station to see if he could find pizzas, no luck, but he did bring us beer! Problem solved. Yes, we went to bed kinda hungry. Where are those cans of beans & weenies when you need them?
Sedalia to Rocheport
Towns we passed by: Clifton City, Pilot Grove, Booneville, Franklin, New Franklin
Time in saddle: 4 hours 57 mins
Miles for today's ride:51.77
Total miles for the Katy Trail:91.69
Total miles for 2012: 2309.02
Miles to go: -296.98 miles til 2012!!
Odometer
Cross:1091
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