For those who don't know, the Katy Trail is a 264.6 mile long bicycle only path that goes from St. Charles to Clinton MO, or back the other way if you like. We'll take the Amtrak to Clinton with our bikes, and ride east till we get to St. Charles, and hopefully get picked up by someone with a big truck to put our bikes in.
A picture taken from the Katy Trail website. Wonder what it looks like at 3.47 am...A lot of things excite me about the idea of this trip. One, Ian and I never ride together, well to be fair, he never rides at all. I've been trying to get him into the idea of a short tour, but he's consistently against the idea. Somehow I must have said the right combination of words, and I convinced him to do it. So that is cool. I also have always wanted to do some kind of 24 hour bicycle challenge, and this is a good one to start with. Also, the whole trip will take one whole day, so I can do it on a weekend, or a weekday that Crystal is off work. Easy peasy! It would be so awesome to ride that far, and only need a backpack full of food and water. So cool. It sounds like such fun. I'll bet I can convince a couple more friends to try it with us. Definitely Steven at least. Also, it would be so cheap. I mean, I would only need 24 hours worth of food and wouldn't have to pay for any accommodations. Cheapy! I think I'd use a backpack for food and this trek top-of-rack bag my dad gave me to carry the tools and spares and etc. It would be cool to have some kind of clothes that has tons of pockets, maybe I could do it with no backpack at all!!! Maybe not. We'll have to see. I can't freakin wait to go!
We're planning to do it sometime in March. So, time to start training!
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