Hotel Bothwell (Sedalia)

We stayed at the Bothwell on April 29th, 2006 and it was just what we needed, having rode the last hour in pouring rain coming from Clinton. The hotel was easy to find too (even with my glassed covered with raindrops), with us leaving the trail on the Harrison Street crossing, going north till we met up with 4th Street then going east right to the hotel.

The front desk person was really helpful, telling us we could keep our bike in the room, but we explained we had a tandem recumbent and even though we could break it in two sections (it has S & S couplers) we really did not want to muck up a room with a wet bike. She then found us a storage area to the right of the lobby desk behind a freight elevator.

The front desk person also gave us a great room (701) on the top floor in a quiet corner. And while the in-hotel restuarant had recently closed, we called out for Italian food and had it delivered right to our room.

Also, the hotel has what to me was a good, no-charge-to-guests, breakfast with cereal, make-your-own waffles fruit and juice.

I would say the hotel is very Katy-rider friendly, having a Katy trail ad in the Katy trail guide and mentioning it on their website. Highly recommended.

I too had a great experience staying at the Bothwell, and highly recommend it to anyone biking the KATY and staying in Sedelia.

The restaurant had closed? Was this just for the weekend, or is it out of business? We always really enjoy a meal at del Amici's when staying at at the Bothwell, and in fact are planning a trip in June with Sedalia as a stop.

We enjoyed our stay here in June. The desk clerk hauled our tandem to the basement storage by herself! The new restaurant is open but it is closed on Monday so we didn't get to try it.