Our second and last day riding on this trip took Angela and I back on the same route we road yesterday, first southwest on the Katy Trail for about 20 miles outside of Sedalia and then about 50 miles WNW back to our van parked at the Pleasant Hill trail head. The trail was the same but the weather would prove to be much warmer today.
Everything all along the trail was green and blooming, a little surprising so late into the summer. These yellow flowers littered the trail, especially in the sunny spots like these. You can barely see a busy bee on the far right flower.
After 20 miles to Windsor, about to jump off the Katy onto the more sparsely supported Rock Island Trail, we exploit the Casey’s for our favorite guilty pleasure, an apple fritter washed down with a half gallon of milk. Carbs and hydration! Mmmmmm.
Does it seem like we’re always eating?? A little after noon we try our hand again at getting some real food at the “Home Town” convenience mart in Chilhowee. They are open today, and packed so we order our sandwiches and enjoy them in the shade with Gatorade for me and an Arnold Palmer for Ang.
Much of the Missouri Trails often seem like your traveling in a tunnel of trees but occasionally you get some nice long views of the verdant and rolling hills and farms of Missouri.
At 2:15 we stop for some shade and to soak our heads in the water faucet at the Medford trail head. Yesterday the high temps hovered around 90 to 91 degrees. Today we consistently saw 97 to 98 degrees in the shade. It’s hard to believe it’s less than a week until the Autumnal Equinox and the beginning of fall.
Only 18 more miles to Pleasant Hill, lets do this!!
3:45 as we pull into to Pleasant Hill. We stash our gear in the van and find the first place we can get out of our soaked gear, wipe off some of the grit and get headed back towards Colorado. After a Big Gulp Mountain Dew and a Starbucks Frappuccino we have enough liquids and caffeine to get us to Hayes, KS for the night. Tomorrow we’ll be back home in Niwot!
Way to go Brands! Nice but hot day.
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