Katy Trail Day 2

Well, we started out in the rain, but it did stop shortly after we started. We rode into Boonville and decided to get off the trail and ride down Main Street (Larry had a hankering for a coke float). Right before we were about to give up and turn around, "eagle eye" Leslie spotted Carrie Lyn's Ice Cream Parlor. Fabulous place! Unfortunately the rain started back up so we rode into Rocheport in a pretty steady drizzle. Luckily it was a warm rain though so it wasn't too bad. Part of the trail is closed for repair so we did have to ride on Highway 40 for a while (only one truly nasty semi driver who decided it would be fun to see how close he could drive to us). We had lunch at Abigails (another wonderful stop) before heading onto our destination of Hartsburg.

Check out the ghost behind Martha

The rain stopped for the last few hours of our ride and we got to stretch our legs by walking to dinner at Big Muddy's Bar (can't get used to all the smoking inside eating establishments - must be a Missouri thing). We ended up riding about 53 miles today. So far, so good. We are up to 27 bike riders, 7 deer, 6 rabbits, multiple herds of cows, lots of dogs, something that looked like the Loch Ness Monster floating in the Missouri River (we decided it was probably a log), 2 eagles, and numerous little blue birds. Martha and I serenaded Larry for much of the ride (Larry would name an artist and we would have to come up with the song). Hopefully tomorrow we will move from the 70's to the 80's. We shall have to wait and see...