Biking the Katy Trail: Day Two

On day two, we began in Sedalia and camped at the Missouri State Fairgrounds camping area. The fairgrounds are about a half a mile off the trail, and you simply set up and wait for the kindly gentleman to come by and collect your payment. We paid $15 each for camping, had a hot shower in the bathhouse, and found some electricity to charge our devices. The previous day, we biked 37 miles and finished the day with a nice meal at El Tapacio Mexican restaurant in Sedalia. (Eddie’s YouTube video: Day Two)

We noticed the front wheel on my bike was continually becoming loose, so Eddie looked at it at the Sedalia train station.

The ride from Sedalia to Boonville was one of the most challenging rides. Much of the trail was uphill, and we took several breaks to continually work on my bike. When we arrived in Boonville, we ate hibachi at a food truck in town, took a nap, and began to find our way back to the trailhead.

When we arrived at the trailhead, we heard someone whistling at us and noticed our new friends from the shuttle in Clinton. They had saved a banana for Eddie (he’d been talking the day before about looking for bananas and a cappuccino on the trip!). While we were talking, one of the guys told us we needed to check out the historical pieces inside the Boonville Trail Museum. While in there, we were able to find the tools we needed to fix my bike properly!!

We arrived in Rocheport at around 4 pm, and we were exhausted! There were no camping sites, so we decided to rest awhile and keep biking toward Easley and Cooper’s Landing Campsite. The remainder of the day’s ride was downhill (15 miles). Our biking friend, Ova, also arrived and was so tired that he slept at the train station in the picture above.