KATY Ride Day 0 - Amtrak Staggers in to Kansas City at Midnight

 The train ride, once I get on it, is going nice. Nothing is broken on the train, there is Wifi with Internet! And the scenery is really nice. 

This looks like some organized bike event on the KATY trail, which runs along the railroad here.

And then disaster strikes. In most of the country, Amtrak runs on freight lines. Here, it's Union Pacific. An hour before we are to reach Kansas City, it appears that a super long freight train broke into pieces, and UP has to put it back together again and make sure the rails are undamaged. So we sit at the station in Warrenburg, MO for an hour.

But wait there's more.

We are now stuck following the freight train the rest of the way to Kansas City. The freight train travels at 20 mph. We arrived at 11:30, which is 2 1/2 hours late.

I had a three mile ride to the hotel at midnight through the middle of Kansas City. Good thing I have lights on my bike. 

This was actually really cool, I love riding at night.

And Jim saved me some ribs.

These are from Joe's, in Kansas City, Kansas. Joe's is widely considered to be the best ribs in Kansas City, and it's also a gas station. They were amazing, even when cold.

Here's Strava track for the midnight ride to the hotel: https://www.strava.com/activities/16092111215