Hello Bill, When Samwise Hillborne was ready to roll last month, the FIRST ride I made was from here in Richmond Heights, down the River Des Peres Greenway, to Grant’s Trail. By far, my least favorite part was Grant’s Trail. I have discovered that if the route is going to be long and flat, it at least needs to be scenic. Riding Grant’s Trail reminded me of driving on highways in Mississippi. Lots of trees with no scenery for miles and miles. Except with Grant’s Trail, there aren’t even any Cracker Barrel’s. I DID note that even on the semi-blustery day I was riding it, there were a fair amount of people utilizing it, so that’s good.
Touche`Are you a man of the Lou? IT IS a great time for a meet up. 1) I can’t imagine there are more than 10 of us in the area here on the forum. But if there are, I’ll be thrilled. 2) I don’t need to touch your bike, much less you. I can tell everything I need to tell from a medically acceptable distance. On Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 1:48:53 PM UTC-5, Bill Schairer wrote: > > Nathan, > > I no longer live in St. Louis so couldn’t be a part of any meet up, unless > I happened to be visiting my son at the time. Many years ago I bike > commuted from near Grants Farm to the CWE thru Forest Park. Are you aware > of Grants Trail? My son seemed to think it might be closed due to CV. It > was developed by Trailnet (https://trailnet.org/), formerly Gateway > Trailnet. I was on the board of GT at the time and the powers that were in > the community of Grantwood Village, of which I was a resident, spent our > precious tax dollars appealing the trail all the way to the US Supreme > Court, which declined to review the case preserving GT’s victory in > district court. I believe it has become a much used community asset. You > ought to check it out if you haven’t already. It would be another great > place to ride with your kids and maybe work it into a visit to Grants Farm > and Grant’s National Monument. I believe the Old Chain of Rocks Bridge, > also developed by Trailnet, connects riverfront trails on both sides of the > Mississippi and makes for some nice riding. > > Bill S > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/990af4ed-3179-487c-a222-967301b1f090%40googlegroups.com.
