Katy Trail ride

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Congrats on your ride!!! I loved the write-up, and now *I* want to do it!!! You can camp along the way, can't you? Or is it only B&B's? I guess I need to do my research. I'm all about getting away from cars and really enjoying the quiet of nature.

Here are the lessons I've learned from your trip:
1. ride East to West since you had a headwind most of the way (although riding the opposite way will insure there will be a headwind the other direction, too).
2. ride East to West since it felt like you rode slightly uphill the whole way (does that mean riding it the opposite way of you will feel like you have a slight downhill the whole way- or do you think part of it was the packed trail making the extra work?)
3. look forward to *lots* of solitude and peace (woo hoo!!!!!)

I'm so excited and happy for you! Thanks for sharing your adventure with us! I'll just bet someone will be inspired and try the Katy because of your blog!

Thanks Tri Girl! Yes you can definitely camp. The guy we met going cross country camped, by no means do you have to do b & b's.

I think we will still probably ride west to east because an east headwind is rare. Surely it wouldn't do it again, especially in the fall... milder winds in fall, right?! Plus we would park our car in Sedalia, ride east and take either Amtrak back to Sedalia or a shuttle.

We saw the elevation map on the KT website but we're going to check our elevation on one of the websites where we can upload our Garmin data and see for ourselves the elevation changes. Goofy I guess but it isn't so much that it felt uphill it looked uphill.

However, the trail definitely didn't have significant uphill or downhill and you're right that riding on a packed trail requires more pedaling effort than the road so it is more work. More fun too though!

3. Lots of that!