Popular Post JerrySTL ★ Posted October 13, 2021 Popular Post Share #1 Posted October 13, 2021 This was going to be my tenth time crossing the entire Katy Trail. This made me excited. Two days before the ride I was cleaning and lubing the bike when I found the rear derailleur cable very frayed. I replaced the cable before it broke. This made me proud. The day before it was a long bus ride to the start. I read two magazines and checked on the weather. Predicted to be windy, wet, and cold on the first day of the ride. This made me apprehensive. Heavy thunderstorms moved in with lots of rain that night. Fortunately my tent stayed dry. This made me both happy and scared. The first day of the ride was cold and raining hard. Even though I had on good rain gear and tires, it was difficult to ride. The trail was very mushy. In fact it was my second worse ride on the Katy Trail and I’ve ridden on it well over 200 days. I felt sorry for the people on road bikes riding in shorts and short sleeve jerseys. Many abandoned the trail and rode on roads. Others sagged in. This made me sad. When I got to the camp, I found out that my favorite aunt had died at age 92. This made me very sad. I started to make plans to leave the 5-day ride early depending on when the funeral was to be held. This was putting a strain on my brain. That night was dry but down to 47°F. My children bought me a 3-season sleeping bag for my birthday. This made me happy and warm. The next morning WoJSTL called me in a panic. She’d put in a load of laundry and went back upstairs. An hour later she came back downstairs only to find that the washer was overflowing, and three rooms had water in them. That made me worried. Very worried. I called my son-in-law and put my plan to get back home into action. He had to take off a day of work, but he owes me big time. This made me feel better. I did that day’s ride and the weather was much, much better. I was just getting out of the shower truck when he arrived. This made me happy. WoJSTL had called a company to vacuum up all the water and had the whole house fan running to dry out the place. This made me proud of her. We are going to replace the old carpeting in one room and laminate flooring in two others. This made me happy that we have enough savings to cover it. I hope to do my 10th Katy Trail crossing next year. This gives me something to look forward to. The End. P.S. I just checked the weather on the trail for the remaining 3 days of the ride. It’s going to be wet and miserable. I feel like I may have dodged a bullet. I took photo below of my feet during the first 15 miles of the ride and that's on a bike with fenders! 2 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsnip Totin Jack ★ Posted October 13, 2021 Share #2 Posted October 13, 2021 Jeepers! That’s a lot of misadventures in one week. Karma owes you better. Next year will be more better. will your homeowners policy cover the cleanup and repairs? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razors Edge ★ Posted October 13, 2021 Share #3 Posted October 13, 2021 Sorry about the loss of your aunt The rest can be sorted out and the 10th trip can be done next year. Quite a wild few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted October 13, 2021 Author Share #4 Posted October 13, 2021 6 minutes ago, Old No. 7 said: Jeepers! That’s a lot of misadventures in one week. Karma owes you better. Next year will be more better. will your homeowners policy cover the cleanup and repairs? We are going to look into that. With our deductible, it might just be better to pay the entire cost. Making a claim might not get us all that much money and raise future insurance costs. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoseySusan Posted October 13, 2021 Share #5 Posted October 13, 2021 October started kind of rough for the STL family. That’s a lot to bear. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airehead Posted October 13, 2021 Share #6 Posted October 13, 2021 Definitely not a great adventure. I am sorry about your aunt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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