This morning we toured the
Missouri Civil War Museum, an apparently relatively new museum on the grounds of
Historic Jefferson Barracks. Our plan had been to then ride the
trails on the Jefferson Barracks grounds. However, upon pulling into the parking lot of the trailhead and seeing the high number of users utilizing the, what appeared to be somewhat narrow, paved trail as walkers, a large percentage of them being 70 and older, but no bicyclists in evidence anywhere, we said "Nope, we don't want to be the cause of a broken hip from a possible pedestrian/bike mishap", so we nixed that trail. We drove around the park a little bit more, attempting to find a memorial he wanted to look at and while doing so, happened upon a trail still within the Jefferson Barracks grounds named the
Mississippi River Greenway. As we saw a couple cyclists utilizing this trail, we decided to ride this instead. It was a short 2 mile ride following along the Mississippi River, a very nice trail, with some fancy bridges and traveling past a casino, before it abruptly ended--rather without warning--at the bottom of a hill just as you came around a curve. Perhaps a sign at the top of the hill and the start of that curve might have been an
apopros addition to warn cyclists that a dead-end trail and 3 boulders awaited them around the bend with gravity in force. Quite a few users, cyclists, walkers, and joggers were encountered on this 11:00 am Saturday morning ride.
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Thankful to be here still to post on our blog after having a scare this morning. Was cycling on the Mississippi River Greenway... a nice little trail. Minding my own business... Going down a steep grade as part of a blind curve. Suddenly there was a cement pilon across the trail signaling its end. If it weren't for my trusty brakes I would now be a human pancake. A sign of warning that there was a pancake maker ahead might be an upgrade for that portion of the trail. That aside, we did visit a wonderful recently opened Missouri Civil War Museum at Historic Jefferson Barracks. I am fascinated with the Civil War so very much enjoyed seeing Missouri's telling of their side of the war. Will look forward to returning for a visit in a few years when they have increased their collection of memorabilia.
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Missouri Civil War Museum at Jefferson Barracks
Matching shirts -- the pinnacle of dorkdom! ~~H |
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| Missouri Civil War Museum Building |
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| More neat old buildings at Jefferson Barracks. Actually still being used by Missouri National Guard |
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| My Sweetie Horsing Around! |
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| Who's that Dork? |
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| Entrance to the Greenway |
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| Notice the Casino off to the right |
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Only had this on Video.. Abrupt end to the Trail!
(I chose not to take a picture of this because, honestly, I think our videoing was enough to freak out that jogger who was perched on it having her mid-run break!) ~~H |
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| Not sure what this contraption was |
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| Ooooh! She's giving me Cooties! |
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| Long uphill Bridge to get back to the car! |
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