Friday June 8. Our last day on the Katy Trail was a relatively short day. We camped again at Klondike Park, a St. Charles County park and a former silica mine and sand pit. Klondike Park is only about 25 miles from the eastern terminus of the Katy Trial in St. Charles. We were off the trail by about noon and, after an excellent lunch at the Trailhead Brewing Company, spent an hour walking around historic St. Charles. St. Charles was a center for French fur trading on the Missouri River before Missouri gained statehood. Once statehood was assured, St. Charles was named the interim capitol of Missouri until the permanent capitol in Jefferson City could be established. The story goes that nine towns vied for the honor of the interim capitol, but St. Charles won because it offered free meeting space for the legislators. Some things never change. Before leaving St. Charles our UCC friends wheeled into town, and we were able to make final farewells to them.
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