June 22, 2007 The final leg (15)

After leaving the Weldon Spring area we start to approach civilization and the trail passes through a more urban setting. We first go under Interstate 64-40, then under the Page Ave. bridge, along Greens Bottom Rd., behind the Family Arena, through a sand quarry, under Interstate 70, past the casino, and finally and I do mean finally into St. Charles.......the end of the line. It was 8:30 P.M. and we had ridden 116.37 miles today. Our lovely wives Karen and Mary were waiting at the Trailhead Brewery restaurant waiting for us. We were in contact with them by phone and they knew approximately when we were going to arrive. We specified a restaurant with outdoor seating so as not to offend the other diners with our smell of the trail. Mike and I were totally exhausted. The last 20 miles were very, very difficult with many rest stops, and many applications of butt lube. We had thoughts of a nice cold beer at the end of the trail, but when we sat down to eat the fatigue was really setting in. We sipped iced tea and could only eat a couple of bites of food and hoped it would stay down. We then walked our bikes to the car, fought with the bike rack, loaded the bikes and headed for home and a good night sleep. We could now put a check mark next to "Ride the entire Katy Trail in two days" on our list of things to do before we get too old.

Post Note:
When they open more miles of the trail do we have to do the whole thing over again in order not to loose our check mark? Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.........