Originally Posted by
robow
sknhgy,
do you know if there is a church or anywhere in Machens or nearby that one could leave a car for a handful of days? I asked this question on the Katy Trail website but I never received an answer. We had planned to do the Katy last year again but bailed when the temps were running in the hundreds in early July and so planned on doing it again this year sometime. Looking to ride the whole thing going east to west this time and catching the train back to Kirksville, and have a friend that will take us back to the starting point.
Thanks.
A few years ago we got on Amtrak at Kirkwood to Sedalia, rode to Clinton and then back east. Did not go all the way to the east end, cut it short for what appeared to be the most convenient route back to Kirkwood. I assume Amtrack still has free parking to customers, that is what we did for parking in Kirkwood. Call the Amtrak station to confirm if parking is still free.
This is a screen shot of the GPS data from our ride from the trail to the Amtrak station in Kirkwood. We picked that route before Google made a bicycle option in Google maps, there might be better options for cyclists.
We did this during the end of October and beginning of November. No crowds, no bugs, only dipped below freezing one morning.