Originally Posted by
sknhgy
Bro and I are camping at Hermann, MO and riding the Katy on out-and-backs. FYI-the trail for about fifteen miles on either side of Mokane is badly scarred by horse hoof prints. Some folks are riding 94 to bypass. We did it on mtb's but it wasn't fun. Going the other direction today to avoid that stretch.
A bit surprising the path would be in that bad of a shape--that was a limestone-paved part? C&O is clay-dirt/gravel/small rocks but sections near DC seem as if they'd be fairly comfortable with ~50 mm tires.