Cycling Tips & Stories

Covering 264 miles on bike, in occasionally less-than-ideal weather, with two kids, a husband and a lot of pluck, writer Ligaya Figueras takes readers on Part II of her Katy Trail State Park journey. Her goal: in stages, bike the entirety of the longest rail-trail in the country with her family. What she finds along the way: connections of both the historical and familial kind. . . .

Among the many city paths, state parks, downtown bike lanes and back road hills that my family has pedaled in Missouri and Illinois, the Katy Trail State Park has become our favorite. The longest converted rail-trail in the United States offers a dynamic way to trace Missouri's history and pass on the legacy of our native state to our two sons, ages 11 and 7.