Reply to Trail Web design?

So, odd question for you folks who have used this website for your trip planning.
How many other bike trails used this web designer for their sites?

-bikecando.com
-bikekatytrail.com
-bikecowboytrail.com
All appear to be from exact same designer. I REALLY like this format and would research more trails.

Hey, glad to hear that you like the format! Yeah, I started with the Katy Trail and it worked so well that - as you see - I replicated to other trails.

You missed one, the Silver Comet / Chief Ladiga trails in Georgia and Alabama:
http://www.bikeSilverComet.com

I also started a website for the Rock Island trail, which kind of overlaps the Katy Trail site but is still separate:
http://www.bikeRockIsland.com

That's all for now, but I'm always open to suggestions of other trails that are fairly long (long enough for multi-day trips), that don't already have a good website.

Happy trails!

Ray,

THANK YOU for your work on this and the other sites.
I need to tell you more about WHY I’m SO happy with your site design.
My oldest daughter and I biked the Katy Trail in September, 2014. My youngest and I biked the GAP/C&O in September of this year. Both girls were 9yrs old when they took their trips. Both were also out of school for the duration of their trip, including travel to/from our home. As part of the conditions for their time off school (and to get myself out of carrying their textbooks along) I had to incorporate academic work into the trip itself. Geography, math, history, budget/finance and speech all were covered. In the winter, the girls laid out the endpoints of the trip and did the math and mapping of “how many days?” and “how far can we go each day”, “is it uphill/downhill and how much?”, “Where can we camp, get food, water?”, “What do we want to see?” “If we have a breakdown, where can we go?” “Is there something historically significant?”... We bought or library-loaned books on the areas we were going and read about the history and I even made the girls work up a budget for us for camping, food, drink, souvenirs, repairs, etc. We had tens of hours of prep-time in January and February prior to each of our trips. We’ve photo-documented the whole thing as they are in a Bicycling 4-H project as well. It was AT LEAST two weeks of classroom work rolled into a well-planned and executed trip.
After we returned the girls each had/have to do a Powerpoint (technology) presentation for their wing (grades K-5) of the school. –My youngest does hers tomorrow! I will bring in the tandem bike and gear and all the kids will get to ding the bell and try sitting on it and see the little stove and other cool stuff we used…
All that said, can you imagine how valuable your site was in planning our trip?? The girls and I have spent HOURS on your websites and have found them to be the clearest, most straightforward way to plan a bike trip. So easy a child can do it. LITERALLY!
Thank you for your efforts on these. I’m sure they require a lot of resources be assembled during creation and updated as businesses/contacts change. Now we’re spoiled and have a hard time using any other sites. We’ve never done the Cowboy or the Silver Comet, but I’ve bookmarked those sites and one of those will be our next trip.
THANKS AGAIN!!

Awf Hand,

What a great story, and great lessons for your kids!

Thank you for sharing!

Your Rock Trail website - Im unclear how that interconnects with Katy.... and it looks like you can go along from Clinton to...?....if you don't disturb workers?

The Rock Island doesn't go through Clinton...

The Rock Island Trail intersects the Katy Trail in Windsor. The Windsor to Pleasant Hill sections has been kind of "unofficially" open for a while, but it will be officially open by the end of the year.

And in a belated reply to Awf Hand - I love the learning experience you created for your girls. Truly exceptional, and I'm so glad that BikeKatyTrail.com played a key role in your planning. I can't think of a better way to have fun and learn so many real-world skills at the same time. Nicely done! Let us know how your next trip turns out, whichever trail you choose.

Happy trails!

Excellent Rock Island trail website, Ray. So at the east end you would double back to Washington from Labadie to cross back over to the KT? No bridges east of Labadie? When completed that will be a great loop.

Thank you for your time and effort. I am a 59 yo single lady who used the site to ride solo on the Katy Trail Oct 3-8, 2016 to my final destination at Portage Des Sioux to dip my toes in the Mississippi River. I camped along the way at Sedalia's Fairgrounds, Katy Roundhouse (great place), Hartsburg's (camped under the gazebo, drank beer at the Hitching Post and breakfast at Dottie's while a storm passed through), Steamboat Junction Campground (could use some bikes rakes especially when registering yourself), and Klondike Park (worst showers having to push the button every 30 seconds for water). I met many wonderful people along the way. Thank you to everyone who contributed making my trip memorable.

LOL Christine, I remember those Klondike showers! Only bad thing in that pretty park.

Kristine, it sound like you camped at the exact same spots as my daughter and I did in 2014. We stayed in the gazebo at Hartsburg and ate a pizza at the Hitchin' Post. Dottie's wasn't open when we were there.
We split off the trail at St. Charles and went into St. Louis through Forest Park and the Science Museum -my 9yr old LOVES science- before going to the Arch. It's a great city for riding and some friends in STL helped with the route planning to ensure we had the safest route we could.
LOL on the showers. My (now) 9 yr old and I bathed in the Potomac and hand pumps on our trip this past September (GAP and C&O) and I was missing the push-button ease of heated running water!!
It's all relative. :-)