When I did the Original KATY for turtles in 2019, the Rock Island trail was under construction. It's now complete. Also, Google now has more cycling data, including nominally cycle friendly streets in KC. I've sampled some with Google Streets and have concerns about just how cycle friendly they are. (Think Dickerson Pike in Nashville, purportedly a cycle route.) I've updated the KATY RWGPS route to include Rock Island and cycle friendly roads across Kansas City into Missouri. Ross has done the KATY, I believe more than once. Perhaps he can give us better insight.
This route was planned as a 10 day totally across Missouri 460 mile tour from Cape Girardeau to Kansas City, NE. That might be ambitious for this half decade older crew. The route can be trimmed at both ends to make a shorter tour and on almost all rail trails. Say from St Charles to Peasant Hill, 6 days and 225 miles, all on rail trail except any end of day connection to lodging. And to heck with Fall 2024, I say shoot for next Spring.
Bruce
Here is the Katy Trail Riders Group
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