July 21-I still love you Katy even though you’re wet and muddy
Last night I met up with a handful of local bike enthusiasts in Columbia. We drank New Belgium brews ($100 bar tab, nice!) and had ourselves a cozy little evening. As I headed home to Steve’s house (my host) who is way cool by the way, it started to pour, no bueno. I looked on the radar when I got back and it said “90% chance of rain for Tuesday” Boooo!
Darn that weather forecast! It was right on, luckily though it didn’t pour, just a nice gentle drizzle. The unfortunate part is that the Katy trail is gravel, so mix in a little water and you’ve got mud, and riding in soft mud makes pedaling a lot harder. Oh well, it was nice and cool (70) which is a great riding temperature. The scenery was beautiful too, the tree lined trails were shrouded in a misty fog, like a scene out of the movie Braveheart.
Now I’m camped out in a city park in Hermann, about 70 miles from St. Louis. If you ever come to Herman, don’t get Mexican food, they don’t know what Mexican food is. But luckily they do make good pie, I stopped by “Time for Pie” and had a great chunk of Strawberry Rhubarb with a side of Vanilla ice cream, I even got a hot chocolate!
And yes, I will be sleeping on another picnic table tonight, It’s another extra long one so I won’t need to curl up to fit on top.
And here’s a video of my first two days on the KATY trail.
