End: Tebbetts, MO
Distance today: 67.8
Total: 1351.3
This place is so cool! We are spending the night at the Turner Katy Trail Shelter. It's in Trebbets, a town with a population of 60. There's a post office, a church, a bar that's only open on Tuesdays and Fridays, a few houses and this shelter...
The shelter is a two story house that is filled with bunk beds. There are showers, a refrigerator, a microwave, a ping pong table, a bike workshop attached and air conditioning. There are enough beds for maybe 30 people. There's no one here to run the place, it's all on the honor system, and cost $5 a night. If only there were more people! I mean, it's kind of fun to have the whole place to ourselves, but it feels like this place was meant to be a gathering place of strangers, sharing their food, drinks, and stories of the road before heading off in different directions in the morning...
It's slow riding on the trail, since it's not paved... And the 68 miles I rode is actually a little misleading, since the shelter is only 56 miles from Marthasville. The extra 12 miles are a result of backtracking 6 miles to the nearest grocery store once we got to Tebbetts and found only a bar open on Tuesdays and Fridays...
Anyways, if anyone ever finds themselves living in Missouri, I highly recommend taking a few days to ride the Katy trail, and stay at the shelter! Just be sure to bring friends and drinks along with you!!
So, is Missouri the upstate NY equivalent to rolling hills and a river? It's uplifting to know that people spend time setting up things like the Katy trail and shelter. I guess I'm due to start contributing.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, how is the body doing? Are you guys in the best shape you have ever been?