BikeKT'16

Eight-Day Katy Trail ride from home to Pilot Grove and back: July 2016. from Richard Long on Vimeo.

Katy Trail: 09.27-28.13

October on the Katy Trail

A short movie of a weekend ride in October to go to the Pumpkin Festival in Hartsburg and to the Katy Land Trust in Trealor, all on the Katy Trail in Missouri.

Bike KT

I need to jump start this blog! Facebook seems to have sucked up most of my online social stuff, but maybe with this trailer of the Katy Trail I'll start spending more time here. Anyway, I made this trailer with iMovie on my iPad. I'm not thrilled with the music, it's terribly dramatic, but as far as I can tell there's not a way to use any other music but the track from iMovie.

Getting Ready for Summer 09

I've installed a hitch for a Thule Ridgeway two-bike rack. Using the rack should be easier than lifting the bike up on the roof rack.



Rear hitch and rack.

Rain in Treloar

Last night on Katy Trail in Treloar, Missouri, during thunderstorm.

Camp Treloar

Made good time from Marthasville to here in Treloar.

Dead Tree in Bernheimer

The one house town is home to this dead tree next to the Missouri River.

Back East

I went as far as Bluffton this morning, where I met a couple of girls biking to Portland, Washington. Check them out at giftcycle.org. I'm now in Rhineland drinking water for the haul to Treloar.

Treloar

Taking a break from the heat in Treloar, where tomorrow I hope to camp.

KT First-Timers in Marthasville

Gene and Denny, Katy Trail first timers, borrow tools in Marthasville to adjust bikes.

Dutzow

Stopped for quick breakfast after talking in Augusta with weird lady biking/walking to Rocheport for interview at B&B an with a nice PA couple biking from Sedalia to St. Louis.

Cooling Off in Augusta

On my final tune-up for the ride across Iowa, I've stopped on the Katy Trail in Augusta to cool off.

Peers

Shed behind Peers Store on Katy Trail

Journey's End

Page Bridge. Gear off bikes. Eric's tires fully inflated. In four days, 268.89 miles.

Defiance

We stop for a last cold drink.

The Bike Gods Turn Kind

Eric makes it from Dutzow to Augusta without a flat!

Go Figure!

Eric in fact arrives in Dutzow, but look! Another flat rear tire.

Worried

In Dutzow, at the Trailside Cafe, waiting for Eric, who very well could be stuck on the trail with flat tires.

Treloar

A small town but with the best camping on the trail behind the bar and grill. I'll have to come back for a night later this summer.