Rocheport Missouri Annual Wine Stroll and Crush Festival

Join us September 17th and 18th and stroll through beautiful historic Rocheport while touring the local shops and tasting wines featured from all over Missouri. Enjoy Les Bourgeois Winery's Crush Festival at their A-frame on Saturday starting at 2 pm with live music, home-made wine competition and some grape stomping! Purchase a wine glass for $15 and sample wines from ten Missouri wineries at our local shops from 4-8 pm Saturday evening. Spend your evening unwinding at Katy Trail Bed and Bikefest! Rooms will be filling up fast! Perfect for a weekend getaway full of fall weather, wine and relaxation.

For more information and other upcoming events head to http://www.rocheport.com/news.php

Don't forget to make your reservations!

Win a FREE stay at the Katy Boxcar!!!!

Starting July 16 through Sept 16, the Katy Trail B&B is accepting your favorite pics of your Rocheport adventure. The winner will win a FREE night stay in the newly renovated Katy Trail Boxcar! There will be prizes for the runners up as well

We're not really fans of lots of rules, so the deal is basically send us your favorite family and friends pics - goofy, romantic, funny - whatever memorable pics that remind you of your vacation in Rocheport --- if the pics are from the B&B itself GREAT, but we're also looking for family pics at the Katy Tunnel, folks sipping wine at the winery, canoe floats, enjoying dinner, dancing at the Rocheport General Store --- whatever moments made your Rocheport trip great - please share them with us!
We are hoping to post the pics on our upcoming renovated website showing people having fun!

After all, its not the B&B that makes the trip memorable - its the people you're with, and the fun things you do together!

To enter please send your photos (they must be YOUR photos), your name, when you stayed and a story to go along with the pic to katytrailbb@gmail.com

Spontaneous Weekend Adventure Anyone? Come explore Mid-MO!

We have plenty of rooms available for the upcoming weekend. The Carriage House and Treehouse vacant all weeekend and The Boxcar and Jefferson Suite on Saturday! Come stay a while, drink some wine, stroll the trail and enjoy the anticipated beautiful weekend! Jordan Thomas of the Mojo Roots is playing at the General Store. Perfect weekend for a bit spontaneity and getaway for a while...It's good for the soul :) Check online for availability @ http://www.katytrailbb.com/

You can find more info @ BikeKatyTrail.com/rocheport.asp

And apparently, we aren't the only ones who have swooned at this towns charm! The epitome of quaint...

http://www.examiner.com/x-29723-Kansas-City-Budget-Travel-Examiner~y2010m6d9-History-and-nature-abound-in-Rocheport?#

Happy Traveling!

- Your Innkeepers

Katy Trail Bed & Bikefest can be a great homebase for summer adventures! Check out these great weekend events along the Katy Trail this summer

If you’re interested in traveling the Katy Trail, you might want to time your visit to coincide with one of a number of activities that are taking place in towns along the trail. The Katy Trail Bed & Bikefest in Rocheport can make a great home base for your summer adventures!

Perfect Mid-MO weekend!

The Lyceum Theatre is one of the most imaginative, varied, satisfying professional theatre experiences in Mid-Missouri! Guys bring your gals! Great date night! Dinner at Les Bourgeois or Abigail's, Lyceum Theater, night at the B&B - perfect! http://www.lyceumtheatre.org/

Yea! The Katy Boxcar Guesthouse renovation pics are up!

The Katy Boxcar Guesthouse renovation is complete - and ready for your family's Katy Trail adventure! Come check it out!

www.katytrailbb.com
See you on the Katy Trail!

Summertime in Rocheport!

New Wooden Train for the kids to play on!

There's a wonderful new wooden train set in the park across the street from the B&B. It is really wonderful! I think it was donated as an Eagle Scout project. I'll have to post a picture soon! We spent this whole afternoon over there enjoying the wonderful weather, and the kids were having a blast playing on the train! Brett even got the canoe out and paddled around with the kids in the park near the river, since the water level is up higher than usual. All in all, spring has sprung! It feels to be out enjoying town, and seeing the Katy Trail full of people!

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Spring is finally here!

Yeah! The first daffodils of spring have finally sprung! Spring is here!

The Katy Boxcar Guesthouse is Back!

Fully renovated for 2010! If you visited in 2009 you probably wondered what was going on in the side yard as we stripped the old boxcar down to its steel frame and literally rebuilt it from the ground up!

Located just steps from our bed & breakfast, the Katy Boxcar offers a nice, family-sized lodging option that includes a queen-size bed, two twin beds, a kitchenette, seating area, air conditioning, and bathroom with full size shower and tub combo.

The Katy Trail State Park is the old M-K-T Railroad Line, or Katy, for short. I can't think of a better place to stage your daytrip or weekend getaway exploring the Katy Trail than the Katy Trail B&B's Katy Boxcar!

Who would have thought that a 70-year-old boxcar would ever be the recipient of a "green" renovation! As we restored the Katy Boxcar into the Katy Boxcar Guesthouse at the Katy Trail B&B, we made it as eco-friendly as possible.

One day we were working with blown cellulose insulation and paperless sheet rock, the next we were uncovering the original 2 inch thick walnut flooring and working with locally sourced materials.

We dismantled a 65-year-old greenhouse in St. Louis and reused the cypress tongue and groove decking to create the new, weather-tight exterior walls on the boxcar...

What a journey... It's not every day you get to bring a boxcar back to life!

Going green makes sense, and it also ensures that your stay is as comfortable as can be.

Please help us spread the word that we're making sure the Katy Boxcar is around for another 70 years!

So whether you are a railroad buff, have a Thomas-the-Tank-Engine-crazy kid (like me!), or just love the Katy Trail, check it out! It's a great place to enjoy Rocheport.

See you on the trail!